Bibliograph

The pirate ship, Gillian Cook ; illustrated by Philip Bannister

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Label

The pirate ship, Gillian Cook ; illustrated by Philip Bannister

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The pirate ship

Responsibility statement

Gillian Cook ; illustrated by Philip Bannister

Summary

The Pirate Ship is an exciting fantasy adventure story for young readers, inspired by the pirate ship in the Princess of Wales’ Memorial Playground in Kensington. Corin and Carly play on their favourite pirate ship, then Corin climbs up one of the stilt houses and later escapes into the park outside. Whilst visiting his favourite enormous statues in the park, he meets two golden retrievers who live in the park permanently. Later Corin meets some pandas talking to his school friends, Ella, Lars and Himali. The animals tell the gang to go to the Round Pond, where they will be able to sail the real pirate ship that is moored there. After a terrifying encounter with a mastiff, the friends’ trust in the animals’ advice is rewarded when they find the pirate ship. While sailing, they come face-to-face with fierce pirates who try to kidnap them. Disaster seems imminent until the resourceful retrievers and pandas come to the rescue..

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