Review: The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate

The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate

Written by Margaret Mahy

Illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain

Publication Date: 1995 (first published 1985)
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 0-14-055430-0

Summary/Back cover:
Sam was an ordinary person who wore an ordinary suit and ordinary shoes. He worked in a neat office writing down figures all day. But Sam’s mother was a PIRATE!

Written by a best-selling author, this is a lively and enchanting tale with wonderfully exuberant illustrations to match

Review:
The thing that strikes me about Margaret Mahy books is that they really tell a story. I think the illustrations perfectly compliment Mahy’s text in this tale of a “little man” with the exuberant pirate mother. The story is about the “little man” taking his retired pirate mother to the beach (quite the journey from the city where they live) with just a barrow and a kite to transport them. The book is proving a hit with my boys who are quite keen on pirates.

My rating: 4.5 out of 5

Review written by team_s