cover image Jolly Roger and the Pirates of Captain Abdul

Jolly Roger and the Pirates of Captain Abdul

Colin McNaughton. Candlewick Press (MA), $7.99 (48pp) ISBN 978-1-56402-512-8

This lengthy rollicking yarn about a boy (``called `Jolly' Roger because he always looked so miserable'') kidnapped by pirates contains many merry moments-and the most comically scurrilous buccaneers this side of Treasure Island. Ages 5-up. (Aug.)