Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter

Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter

by Platt Richard (Author), Riddell Chris (Author)

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 64
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Published: 08 Oct 2001

ISBN 10: 0744562333
ISBN 13: 9780744562330
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
Book Overview: Richard Platt has been shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler Award, the TES Junior Information Book Award, and the New Generation History Book of the Year Prize. Chris Riddell has been shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler Award and in 1999 was highly commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

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Wonderfully vivid pictures by the illustrator of the award-winning Something Else and The Swan's Stories.
Author Bio
Richard Platt has written more than thirty books, many of which have maritime themes. To make Pirate Diary authentic, he toured the Scottish islands on a wooden two-masted sailing trawler with his wife, Mary. His other books include Cross Sections: Castles, and Castle Diary, which was shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler Award, the TES Junior Information Book Award and the New Generation History Book of the Year Prize. Chris Riddell has illustrated many children's books, including Hans Christian Andersen's The Swan's Stories, translated by Brian Alderson, which was shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler Award. In 1999 he was Highly Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal for Castle Diary. Chris is also a cartoonist for The Observer.