Cover Image

Pirate stew

by Gaiman, Neil,

Format: Print Book 2020
Availability: Available at 24 Libraries 25 of 34 copies

Available (25)
Location Collection Call #
Andrew Bayne Memorial Library Picture Book E GAIM
Location  Andrew Bayne Memorial Library
 
Collection  Picture Book
 
Call Number  E GAIM
 
 
Avalon Public Library Childrens E GAI
Location  Avalon Public Library
 
Collection  Childrens
 
Call Number  E GAI
 
 
Baldwin Borough Library Picture Book J GAI
Location  Baldwin Borough Library
 
Collection  Picture Book
 
Call Number  J GAI
 
 
Brentwood Library Easy E Gaiman
Location  Brentwood Library
 
Collection  Easy
 
Call Number  E Gaiman
 
 
Bridgeville Public Library Picture Books JUV E GAI
Location  Bridgeville Public Library
 
Collection  Picture Books
 
Call Number  JUV E GAI
 
 
C.C. Mellor Memorial Library Picture Books E Gai
Location  C.C. Mellor Memorial Library
 
Collection  Picture Books
 
Call Number  E Gai
 
 
CLP - Homewood Children's Picture Books qj FICTION Gaiman
Location  CLP - Homewood
 
Collection  Children's Picture Books
 
Call Number  qj FICTION Gaiman
 
 
CLP - Squirrel Hill Children's Picture Books qj FICTION Gaiman
Location  CLP - Squirrel Hill
 
Collection  Children's Picture Books
 
Call Number  qj FICTION Gaiman
 
 
CLP - Woods Run Children's Picture Books qj FICTION Gaiman
Location  CLP - Woods Run
 
Collection  Children's Picture Books
 
Call Number  qj FICTION Gaiman
 
 
Carnegie Library of Homestead Juvenile Picture Book J PIC Gaim
Location  Carnegie Library of Homestead
 
Collection  Juvenile Picture Book
 
Call Number  J PIC Gaim
 
 
Community Library of Allegheny Valley - Harrison Picture Books Je G
Location  Community Library of Allegheny Valley - Harrison
 
Collection  Picture Books
 
Call Number  Je G
 
 
Cooper-Siegel Community Library - Sharpsburg Picture Books E GAI
Location  Cooper-Siegel Community Library - Sharpsburg
 
Collection  Picture Books
 
Call Number  E GAI
 
 
Coraopolis Memorial Library Juvenile Picture Books J PIC GAI Q
Location  Coraopolis Memorial Library
 
Collection  Juvenile Picture Books
 
Call Number  J PIC GAI Q
 
 
Millvale Community Library Juvenile Picture Books CHF GAI
Location  Millvale Community Library
 
Collection  Juvenile Picture Books
 
Call Number  CHF GAI
 
 
Millvale Community Library Juvenile Picture Books CHF GAI
Location  Millvale Community Library
 
Collection  Juvenile Picture Books
 
Call Number  CHF GAI
 
 
Monroeville Public Library Juvenile Picture Books J E GAIMAN
Location  Monroeville Public Library
 
Collection  Juvenile Picture Books
 
Call Number  J E GAIMAN
 
 
Northern Tier Regional Library Picture Book J PB GAIMA
Location  Northern Tier Regional Library
 
Collection  Picture Book
 
Call Number  J PB GAIMA
 
 
Northland Public Library Children's Picture Books J PIC GAIMAN
Location  Northland Public Library
 
Collection  Children's Picture Books
 
Call Number  J PIC GAIMAN
 
 
Penn Hills Library Picture Books PICTURE GAI
Location  Penn Hills Library
 
Collection  Picture Books
 
Call Number  PICTURE GAI
 
 
Pleasant Hills Public Library Picture Book Juv Pict Gai
Location  Pleasant Hills Public Library
 
Collection  Picture Book
 
Call Number  Juv Pict Gai
 
 
Robinson Library Juvenile Picture Books PICT FIC GAIMAN
Location  Robinson Library
 
Collection  Juvenile Picture Books
 
Call Number  PICT FIC GAIMAN
 
 
Sewickley Public Library Juvenile Picture Books J E GAI
Location  Sewickley Public Library
 
Collection  Juvenile Picture Books
 
Call Number  J E GAI
 
 
Shaler North Hills Library Juvenile Picture Book j PICT BK GAIMAN
Location  Shaler North Hills Library
 
Collection  Juvenile Picture Book
 
Call Number  j PICT BK GAIMAN
 
 
Western Allegheny Community Library Picture Book JP PIC GAIMAN
Location  Western Allegheny Community Library
 
Collection  Picture Book
 
Call Number  JP PIC GAIMAN
 
 
Whitehall Public Library Picture Books PIC Gaiman
Location  Whitehall Public Library
 
Collection  Picture Books
 
Call Number  PIC Gaiman
 
 
 
Unavailable (9)
Location Collection Status
Bethel Park Public Library Picture Books CHECKED OUT
Location  Bethel Park Public Library
 
Collection  Picture Books
 
Status  CHECKED OUT
 
 
CLP - Allegheny Children's Picture Books CHECKED OUT
Location  CLP - Allegheny
 
Collection  Children's Picture Books
 
Status  CHECKED OUT
 
 
CLP - Brookline Children's Picture Books CHECKED OUT
Location  CLP - Brookline
 
Collection  Children's Picture Books
 
Status  CHECKED OUT
 
 
CLP - East Liberty Children's Picture Books CHECKED OUT
Location  CLP - East Liberty
 
Collection  Children's Picture Books
 
Status  CHECKED OUT
 
 
CLP - Main Library First Floor Children's Department - Picture Books CHECKED OUT
Location  CLP - Main Library
 
Collection  First Floor Children's Department - Picture Books
 
Status  CHECKED OUT
 
 
Green Tree Public Library Children's Easy CHECKED OUT
Location  Green Tree Public Library
 
Collection  Children's Easy
 
Status  CHECKED OUT
 
 
Hampton Community Library Juvenile Picture Book CHECKED OUT
Location  Hampton Community Library
 
Collection  Juvenile Picture Book
 
Status  CHECKED OUT
 
 
Mt. Lebanon Public Library Children's Picture Books CHECKED OUT
Location  Mt. Lebanon Public Library
 
Collection  Children's Picture Books
 
Status  CHECKED OUT
 
 
South Fayette Township Library Juvenile Picture Book CHECKED OUT
Location  South Fayette Township Library
 
Collection  Juvenile Picture Book
 
Status  CHECKED OUT
 
 

Summary

Meet LONG JOHN McRON, SHIP'S COOK . . . and the most unusual babysitter you've ever seen.

Long John has a whole crew of wild pirates in tow, and--for one boy and his sister--he's about to transform a perfectly ordinary evening into a riotous adventure beneath a pirate moon. It's time to make some PIRATE STEW.

Marvelously silly and gloriously entertaining, this tale of pirates, flying ships, doughnut feasts and some rather magical stew is perfect for all pirates, both young and old.

With a deliciously rhyming text from master storyteller Neil Gaiman and spellbinding illustrations by the supremely talented Chris Riddell, this is the picture book of the year!

Pirate Stew! Pirate Stew!

Pirate Stew for me and you!

Pirate Stew, Pirate Stew

Eat it and you won't be blue

You can be a pirate too!

Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "Mum and Dad are heading out for a night on the town, which can mean only one thing: a babysitter is due at any moment. The kids aren't particularly pleased, but then the caretaker bursts in, and--it's a pirate! Long John McRon, to be specific, and it's not long before an entire pack of pirates joins him at the front door. The motley crew may be scurvy scalawags, but they are responsible scalawags, and they quickly realize that they must provide dinner for their young charges. Scrambled eggs? Too complicated. Spaghetti? Too wormlike. A good, old-fashioned pot of Pirate Stew? That's the ticket! The story is slight but highly enjoyable, with Gaiman's silly, singsong verses the perfect ingredient for a raucous read-aloud. Riddell's predictably fabulous illustrations are ablaze with color and detail, but while he's compiled a diverse cast, the pirates are pure caricature, and some figures pulled from pirate lore--most notably an Asian man--fall into the realm of racial stereotype."
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review: "Babysitting two skeptical siblings, Long John McRon, Ship's Cook, and his pirate crew concoct a buccaneer-pleasing repast: "Pirate Stew, Pirate Stew,/ eat it and you won't be blue./ You can be a pirate too!" What could possibly go awry? With consummately inventive Newbery Medalist Gaiman at the helm, nothing short of boatloads. In rollicking verse, the rowdy chefs, elaborately costumed and coiffed in Riddell's freewheeling illustrations, initially toss relatively tame ingredients into their golden cooking pot--"Start with onions, start with carrots./ Add the seeds that feeds the parrots./ Pulverized with heavy pestles, leeks are good (except in vessels)"--but the recipe becomes comically slapdash with the addition of gold doubloons, cannonballs, "a slice of plank for walking,/ and some extra Arrs for talking." The whimsy takes further flight when Long John McRon pilots a post-supper journey to a doughnut shop after the children's house morphs into an airborne pirate ship, and the longtime collaborators top off this delightful yarn with a wry parental twist. Ages 4--8. (Dec.)"
(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Additional Information
Subjects Pirates -- Juvenile fiction.
Babysitters -- Juvenile fiction.
Stews -- Juvenile fiction.
Pirates -- Fiction.
Babysitters and babysitting -- Fiction.
Stews -- Fiction.
Stories in rhyme.
Publisher New York :Quill Tree Books,2020
Edition First U.S. edition.
Contributors Riddell, Chris, illustrator.
Language English
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
ISBN 9780063242371
0063242370
9780062934574
0062934570
Other Classic View