PUZZLE PIRATES

The gasp of surprise from the whole class (and me!) when I opened this book was amazing. This is the most intricate pop-up book I have ever seen; we were in awe of it. The story follows Captain Scurvy, who tells of his plundering and exciting journeys – all in genuine pirate vocabulary. Jack enjoyed ‘learning to speak like a pirate!’ There are characters, rafts and other parts to make and use with the ship. At first, the children were reluctant to use the ship; Millie said she ‘didn’t want to damage it’ and most of the children were more interested in looking at the beautiful painting and different parts of the moving picture. However, the model is very sturdy and it didn’t take long for the children to use the structure and props to act out their own pirate adventure!