The Pirate Cookbook - Hardcover

Grade 2-4?A fine example of a flashy marketing package that is empty. The illustrations show Pirate Pete, a doll-like figure, galloping through food. The print is a busy conglomeration of sizes and fonts. The tone is cute nautical: when it comes time to melt chocolate over hot water, readers are directed to "ask an ancient mariner to help you." Last, and least, are the recipes: eight of them including stuffed baked potatoes, desserts, snacks, and drinks. The vague directions are not clarified by the pictures. This title is sketchy, disjointed, confusing, and distracting: four words that should never apply to a cookbook. Angela Wilkes's My First Cookbook (Knopf, 1989), also in a picture-book format with full-color photographs, is a far better choice.?Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME
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