Who Stole My Leg?

by José Carlos Andrés, Myriam Cameros Sierra (Illustrator)

Overview

All the boat’s crew are afraid of Grislygrin, the fearsome pirate. When they hear the knock, knock, knock of his wooden leg they run to hide. But, what would happen if one day someone changed the wooden leg for a rubber duck? Hilarious consequences await the once terrified crew in this beautifully illustrated book!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788417673659
Publisher:	NubeOcho
Publication date:	07/05/2022
Pages:	44
Product dimensions:	9.75(w) x 11.50(h) x (d)
Lexile:	AD740L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

José Carlos Andrés started writing theatre for children. And stories, loads of stories. He is fascinated by writing, because it allows him to create new worlds full of laughter and emotions.He has published theatre plays for children and families, a theatre guide, storytelling, theatre art and clowning for all ages, and of course, stories for picture books.

Myriam Cameros Sierra studied at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, where she came into contact with the world of illustration, comics and animation. From that moment on she decided to dedicate herself to illustration in all its facets. Today she combines her work as an illustrator with teaching, addressing the need for critical visual literacy in a world surrounded by images.

Editorial Reviews

A short and sweet story about sharing and friendship. I thought the illustrations were so fun and the writing succinct and effective. I really smiled at the last page because it was so delightful. – Kirkus Review.


An original, funny, and beautifully illustrated picture book by the team of author/storyteller Jose Carlos Andres and artist/illustrator Myriam Cameros Sierra, "Who Stole My Leg?" is especially and unreservedly recommended for family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school and community library picture book collections and personal reading lists for children ages 4-8 – Midwest Book Review.

CBC Hot Off the Press July 2022.

"Bright-colored illustrations reminiscent of children’s cartoons reflect the humor and charm of this story (available in both English and Spanish) about a pirate captain with a wandering peg leg" – Foreword Reviews.

"This engaging, uniquely funny story provides children with a creative outlet for their fears" - Starred Review School Library Journal.

This book would make for an especially fun read aloud choice, that will keep kids guessing about its resolution right up until the end. – Children's Literature Comprehensive Database.

From the Publisher

★ 08/01/2022

PreS-Gr 1—When Captain Grislygrin walks the deck of his ship, "the clonk, clonk, clonk" of his wooden leg makes his crew scream with fear. One night, a brave cabin girl sneaks into Grislygrin's cabin and steals his peg leg. She replaces it with a rubber duck. "Q-u-a-a-a-a-c-k," squeaks the rubber duck at the end of his leg, and an angry Grislygrin shouts, "Who stole my leg?" Each night after that, a brave cabin girl or boy sneaks into the Captain's cabin and replaces his peg leg with either a bouncing spring, a hairy dog, or a pencil. With his pencil leg, Captain Grisygrin is transformed into a happy, grinning pirate, who "drew and wrote stories and adventures of enormous whales and hidden treasures." Subsequently, the happy cabin children beg Captain Grislygrin "to take long walks on the deck so they could listen to his wonderful pirate tales." Sierra works with pencils and graphite to illustrate the text, outline the characters, and draw the full-page, primary-colored illustrations of rolling sea waves and shipboard scenes. Her cartoonish characters are a perfect match for the lighthearted plot. This engaging, uniquely funny story provides children with a creative outlet for their fears. VERDICT Purchase several copies of this book, and pair with Claudia Rueda's Let's Play in the Forest While the Wolf is Not Around or with Ed Emberley's Go Away, Big Green Monster! for a lively story time about laughing away your fears.—Monica Fleche

School Library Journal

2022-05-11
The world’s most frightening pirate meets his match…rubber ducky–style.

“Grislygrin was the scariest pirate of the Seven Seas of all time,” begins this import translated from the Spanish. How scary is he? So scary that every time he walks the deck, his crew (depicted as kids with a variety of skin tones; Grislygrin is tan-skinned) run in fear. Fear, that is, until the day one of his crew sneaks into his room at night and exchanges his wooden leg for a rubber duck. On subsequent nights, the leg is swapped for a spring and then a rambunctious dog. It’s only when his leg is exchanged for a pencil that Grislygrin starts writing stories with every step, and everyone is happier for it. Much of the repetition in the text (“The whole crew was afraid…very veeery afraid!”) makes it clear that this is a book earmarked for read-alouds. The vibrant, exuberant art appears to always be in motion and can easily be seen across the room. The child crew itself straddles the line between terrified and delighted as they run from their leader. However, some readers may be put off by the notion of changing out the limbs of people with disabilities for gags. The energy is high, but the book cannot avoid its central premise. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Swashbuckling abounds, but even lively antics can’t quite keep this ship afloat. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews