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What Is a Pirate?

By Melinda Beatty, Illustrated by Stefano Tambellini

$19.99 US / $26.99 CAN

From the team that brought you The Witch’s Table comes another hilarious and charming story about what exactly makes a pirate a pirate!

I am a pirate, so I guess pirates do.

The crew aboard the Leaky Sneaker is filled with the piratey-est pirates ever to sail the seven seas. Which is why Captain Bogbrush has no idea what to do with Montague Frippington von Fancypants. Montague wears petticoats while sailing, takes pearl necklaces as booty, and politely plunders on raids. Pirates don’t do that! Or can Montague help the captain understand that there is more to being a pirate than what he might believe?

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Book Details

ISBN9781499819458
Page Count40
FormatPaper Over Board
Trim size8.3 x 9.8
Age range4-8
Publication date9/29/26
Publication seasonFall 2026

Author/Illustrator Bio

  • Melinda Beatty has had years of practice trying to explain to others why she was just having an imaginary conversation between two people that don't exist, so becoming a writer seemed like the best way to stop everyone from looking at her funny. After years of narrowboat living on the English canals, she and her British husband are now back on dry land in Maryland, where by day, she's a mild-mannered indie bookseller, and by night, she wrangles words, crafts projects, and raises a Labrador and two fierce mini-women.
  • Stefano Tambellini was born in a small town in Tuscany, Italy. He studied traditional animation at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and then moved to London, where he worked as a freelance illustrator for animation and publishing. He lives with a gray cat named Mandragola, and he's also a stop-motion puppet maker and filmmaker. See more of Stefano's work at ste-tambellini.format.com.

Product Description

From the team that brought you The Witch’s Table comes another hilarious and charming story about what exactly makes a pirate a pirate!

I am a pirate, so I guess pirates do.

The crew aboard the Leaky Sneaker is filled with the piratey-est pirates ever to sail the seven seas. Which is why Captain Bogbrush has no idea what to do with Montague Frippington von Fancypants. Montague wears petticoats while sailing, takes pearl necklaces as booty, and politely plunders on raids. Pirates don’t do that! Or can Montague help the captain understand that there is more to being a pirate than what he might believe?