Following on from the fabulous Dust 'n' Bones and Fangs 'n' Fire, comes Pirates 'n' Pistols - ten swashbuckling pirate tales - in this black-and-white B format edition.
Come face-to-face with some of the most villainous and scurrilous rogues ever to sail the seven seas in these stories about pirates from all around the world. It is packed full of traditional pirate myths and legends, as well as some new and original tales, re-told and illustrated by the award-winning Chris Mould. Stories include: Davy Jones, Treasure Island, The Tenth Man, The Gold Bug, Dead Man's Ink, Dionysus, Cross-legged Jack, Mochimitsu's Music, Jewel of Bengal and Ghost in the Cupboard.
Shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award 2013, and selected as the children's choice!
Read more about Chris Mould at http://www.chrismouldink.com/
"If you like your pirates dark, dirty and devilish, then this swashbuckling collection of ten stories will shiver your timbers. Stunningly illustrated." Daily Mail
Author Biography
Chris Mould went to art school at the age of sixteen. He has won the Nottingham Children's Book Award and been commended for the Sheffield. He likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have on his shelf as a boy. Chris Mould spends his working day in one of the prestigious art studios at Dean Clough Mills in Halifax. His studio is clearly marked with a skull and crossboned warning as to what might lie within. Chris is not confined to book illustration. He has worked for the RSC, the BBC, the FT and many other famous initials, as well as film development work for Aardman Animations which included character and environment development work on the film Flushed Away.
