The Books

This Little Pirate

by Philomen Sturges
Illustrated by Amy Walrod

One Potato Review

Here’s an idea for a fourth, or fifth, or sixth birthday party (and you can probably resume when you’re in your twenties): a small patch of sand and a chest to bicker over and bash open (like a pinata) full of drums and toy trumpets and cake-baking kits and fancy balloons and alternative hats for when you need to take a break from all the skull and bones nonsense, which is what this all is: exuberant, a little testy sometimes, and likely to send you to bed early after the inevitable sugar high.