Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor - Hardcover

Peake Mervyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0744581222 ISBN 13: 9780744581225

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

Captain Slaughterboard is the most ferocious and wicked pirate you could ever imagine. He likes nothing better than cutting people up with his cutlass or making them walk the plank. Then one day, on a remote island, he spies a strange Yellow Creature - and from that time on, he's a changed man. How he loves the Yellow Creature! They become the best of friends, always together, sailing the oceans. But will Captain Slaughterboard ever drop anchor for good? First published over sixty years ago, this swashbuckling pirate fantasy by the author and illustrator of the classic Titus Groan trilogy has been newly designed in this delightful picture book edition.

About this title

Review:

"One of "three outstanding books of 1939... perhaps most eccentric of all [is] Mervyn Peake's Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor." Peter Hunt, Children's Literature: An Illustrated History.

Book Description:

A special anniversary edition to celebrate a swashbuckling fantasy that remains as contemporary today as it did 70 years ago.

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0744581222
• ISBN 13: 9780744581225
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48