Shiver Me Timbers!: Pirate Poems & Paintings - Hardcover

by Douglas Florian (Author), Robert Neubecker (Illustrator)

Arrrgh you ready for this jaunty collection of pirate poems and paintings?

Ahoy mateys--it's time to hoist up the anchors and set sail with a pack of pesky pirates! In this hilarious collection of nineteen poems, readers will meet scoundrels, scalawags, and scurvy dogs (human and canine). They'll partake in battles, treasure hunts, and some pirate-style grub (flounder, anyone?). And all the while, picture book greats Douglas Florian and Robert Neubecker will keep pirate fans laughing from bow to stern with their signature sense of humor.

Author Biography

Douglas Florian is the creator of many acclaimed picture books including Thank You, Sun; Windsongs: Poems About Weather; UnBEElievables; Poetrees; Dinothesaurus; and Rocks, Stones, and Dinosaur Bones. He lives with his family in New York.

Robert Neubecker is the award-winning author and illustrator of Linus the Vegetarian T. Rex and the Wow! series. He also illustrated Not Just the Driver! by Sara Holly Ackerman, Shiver Me Timbers! by Douglas Florian, Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth! by Sarah Weeks, I Got Two Dogs by John Lithgow, and Monsters on Machines by Deb Lund. A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Robert also illustrates for The New York Times and Slate magazine. He and his family live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Visit Robert at Neubecker.com.