Billy and Heidi were walking to school when they heard the strangest sound. An odd bus stopped beside them, the door clattered open, and out leaped the pirate. "Great claws of crab! Didn't you get my letter? I told you I was coming." "A letter?" said Billy. "When did you send it?" "Ten minutes ago," said the pirate. "Not to worry-you're here now. And, so am I. Now HURRY up!"
"Blister me eyebrows, the pirate from Pirates Eat Porridge (2007) is back. Breathless over-the-top humor from Down Under is the order of the day as siblings Heidi and Billy join their hirsute and logic-impaired friend on a wild bus tour. Joining the oceanic cast on the bus, the children find starfish, crawfish, octopus, the "parrot" who looks like a pig and a pirate named Frances Fallover. It's ha
Kirkus Reviews
"In this sequel to Pirates Eat Porridge (2007), siblings Billy and Heidi encounter their old pirate friend on their way to school. The pirate insists that the kids board his bus full of sea creatures and join him in his quest to recapture his ship, the SS You Beauty, which had been hijacked by monkey-crabs. Like the first book about Bill and Heidi, this sequel is filled with non sequiturs, silly word and animal combinations, and dialogue in which the volume is visually indicated by the type size. Middle-grade readers will appreciate the repetition of the magic word nincompoop, the key to Billy and Heidi's escape from this energetic adventure. Those who haven't read the first title may be a little confused by a few story elements, such as the parrot-pig, but the pace of the story line, even as it zigs and zags, will keep young readers going. Droll line drawings add to the humor. Full of nonsense, this Australian import will make readers, and listeners, laugh out loud."
