Pirate’s Perfect Pet

Ahoy Pirates, pets, and puns run amok as a swaggering, softhearted captain takes off on a mad search for the perfect animal sidekick.

Big, brave Captain Crave can check off most items on the handy Be Your Best Buccaneer checklist. He has a pirate ship, an eye patch, courage and daring, and more. Only one thing is missing: Captain Crave doesn't have a pet. Arrr Shuck me an oyster and set sail for land The captain and his crew race and chase critters of every size and shape, from the beach to a farm to the zoo to a pet shop, causing a commotion wherever they go. But just when all seems lost, the search party stumbles on the most perfectly perfect pet for Captain Crave. Has he finally met his match? Aye-aye

Beth Ferry is the author of the picture books Stick and Stone and Land Shark. Her family has cared for myriad pets, including two land sharks, a hedgehog, a blue-tongued skink, and a heap of hamsters, but her absolutely perfect pet is an English bulldog named Winston. She lives in New Jersey.

Matt Myers is the illustrator of many books for young readers, including E-I-E-I-O: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm with a Little Help from a Hen by Judy Sierra and Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind by Gary Ross. Matt Myers earns his doubloons by painting in Charlotte, North Carolina.