Arrr, Mustache Baby!

by Bridget Heos, Joy Ang (Illustrator)

Overview

Arrr, babies! Mustache Baby and his first mate Beard Baby set sail on the high seas and turn into big bad pirates in this newest addition to the popular Mustache Baby books! "Occasional badness has never been so good." (Kirkus)
In this swashbuckling tale, Mustache Baby and Beard Baby work hard to recover stolen treasure and convince baby buccaneers Captain Kid and Short John Silver to go legit. But when the scallywags refuse to play nice, Billy and Javier see red and go rogue, turning into bad guy pirates themselves. High spirits, plenty of pirate talk, and a mild message about not letting emotions get the best of you make for a rollicking read-aloud full of side-splitting, silly fun.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781328506528
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/05/2019
Series:	Mustache Baby Series
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	661,820
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Bridget Heos is the author of more than 100 books for kids, including the popular Mustache Baby books and the nonfiction Just Like Us! series. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with her husband and four children.
authorbridgetheos.com
Twitter @bridgetheos

Joy Ang has illustrated many picture books in addition to the Mustache Baby books, including the New York Times best-selling The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid. She lives in Bellevue, Washington.  

joyang.ca
Twitter at @Joy_Ang

Editorial Reviews

This silly tale of hairy-faced babies who are bad some of the time and learn from their mistakes, Heos and Ang's third outing together, is a good addition to pirate storytimes or hairy-baby collections….Good fun.”—Kirkus —

From the Publisher

2018-10-28

The hirsute baby buddies (Mustache Baby Meets His Match, 2015, etc.) are back for more adventures!

Mustachioed baby Billy and bearded baby Javier are spending the day at the pool, a perfect place to explore the high seas and rescue shipwrecked passengers (a floating Barbie), save stranded whales (a sunbather lying next to the pool), and fight sea monsters (a snorkeling swimmer). They become fishermen and submarine scientists and Navy sailors….However, two pirates named Capt. Kid and Short John Silver have stolen treasure and are burying it on a deserted island (the sandbox). Sailors Billy and Javier recover the treasure and start to return it to its rightful owners when: Pirates attack! During the resultant duel, Billy's mustache grows long and curly and Javier's beard gets pointy—suddenly they are "bad guy" pirates too! Their greed is their undoing, and they are put in the dungeon (separate pack and plays). When they wake, they do everything to become heroes again…even befriend Capt. Kid and Short John Silver. This silly tale of hairy-faced babies who are bad some of the time and learn from their mistakes, Heos and Ang's third outing together, is a good addition to pirate storytimes or hairy-baby collections. In Ang's stylized digital illustrations, Billy presents white, presumably Latinx Javier is light brown; Short John Silver is black; and Capt. Kid has olive skin and a fluffy black bob.

Good fun. (Picture book. 2-7)

Kirkus Reviews