Review of Cap'n McNasty's Pirate Guide

Cap’n McNasty’s Pirate Guide by Michael Lewis

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Do you want to be a pirate? Well, you’re in luck! Cap’n McNasty seeks a crew for the Knotty List. But hurry! Quite a few scoundrels are already lined up on the dock to sign up.

Of course, just wanting to be a pirate is never enough. You need to study and Cap’n McNasty has just the thing – a guide book to help you achieve your dream.

One of the first items to learn is that pirate life is not easy. There are chores galore to attend to from dawn to dusk, but there’s also fun to be had. But the adventure any scalawag craves comes when the search for treasure is afoot.

This delightful tale, the fourth in the Cap’n McNasty adventures, provides glimpses into a pirate’s life at sea, from cleaning the ship to doing the laundry and everything in between. The fun includes bowling with a twist, spinning ghostly yarns or ones about fearsome whales. Verses of four lines that rhyme go hand-in-hand with colorful illustrations of the scurvy scoundrels aboard the Knotty List. It’s almost like touring a haunted house – you never know what’s lurking just around the corner. And there are lots of discoveries to be made along the way, such as a pirate juice box, clothes pins with skeleton heads, or an abacus with skulls. The last page contains an author’s note that explains that even pirates need to know how to read and do math if they want to be true scalawags. Sure to be a favorite of all young pirates!




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