The Great Piratical Rumbustification and The Librarian and the Robbers

Beneath the sober exterior of many an ordinary grey-haired, distinguished lawyer or businessman lurks a pirate just longing for news of a stolen party. And Orpheus Clinker - with his wooden leg, eye patch, bottle of rum and spotted kerchief - who arrives to babysit for Alpha, Oliver and Omega Terrapin looks just the man to steal one. So begins the first story. In the second, librarian Serena Laburnum proves more than a match for her robber kidnappers. Margaret Mahy's outrageous stories go with a wild and witty swing. Good for reading aloud or alone.