Poppy the Pirate Dog's New Shipmate

POPPY THE PIRATE DOG'S NEW SHIPMATE by Liz Kessler with illustrations by Mike Phillips. Candlewick, 2014.

Poppy the dog hates
George the new cat but Poppy
Comes to his rescue.

Flights of Fancy

CAN'T SCARE ME by Ashley Bryan. Atheneum, 2013.

He's ever afraid
Until three headed giant
Threatens to eat him.

WHEN EDGAR MET CECIL by Kevin Luthardt. Peachtree, 2013.

Edgar's in a new school.
He makes a new friend, Cecil.
They become buddies.

PIRATES LOVE UNDERPANTS by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort. Aladdin, 2013.

Golden underpants
Are the treasure pirates seek
Beautiful bounty.

What we have here is a failure to communicate

PIRATES VS. COWBOYS by Aaron Reynolds with illustrations by David Barneda. Knopf, 2013.

When pirates hit land searching for a place to bury some excess treasure, they encounter some problems. It seems they have ended up in a cowboy town and since the two groups speak such different languages communication is garbled. Thankfully, there is a solution on the horizon in the form of one Pegleg Highnoon. Soon Black Bob McKraw and Burnt Beard are no longer at odds with one another.