Captain Ding, The Double-Decker Pirate
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The illustration on our March cover is by Chris Riddell. It is taken from Philip Ridley's new book, Meteorite Spoon, published by Viking, to whom we're grateful for help in using this illustration. Details of the book are given in the Authorgraph.
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Send to friendCaptain Ding, The Double-Decker Pirate
Illustrated by Graham Round
A rampaging sort of story with the interesting idea that a double-decker bus has been taken over by a pirate down on his luck. Stan gets on the bus and goes supermarket raiding with the gang. I was just getting worried that the book was going to incite shop-lifting when the author let the Goody-goodies win at the last moment-a result that will either disappoint or relieve you depending on your age. The illustrations, as well as the story, are bright and lively.
