«Neil Gaiman is the nearest thing children's books have to a rock star: if you enjoy fantasy, he is irresistible»

The Times

«Splendid ... A feast for the eyes and ears»

The i

«Featuring a flying pirate ship, a delicious donut shop and a rollicking rhyme by Neil Gaiman (which is best read aloud for full pirate effect), Pirate Stew is a great book for storytime with brilliant illustration (featuring a mixed race family) by former Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell»

BookTrust

«Readers may wish that Talk Like a Pirate Day lasted all year long»

Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

«A riotous rhyming picture book by a pair of ingenious book-aneers. What a witty feast of sing-song verse and visuals this is ... A buccaneering blast of a book that demands to be read aloud, acted out and treasured like ill-gotten gains!»

LoveReading4Kids

«The talented dream team of Gaiman and Riddell have done it again. Fantastic rhyming story with the most fabulously intricate illustrations. I could look at them for hours. Perfect for reading out loud or for any little readers, piratical or otherwise»

NetGalley Reviewer

«Highly enjoyable ... the perfect ingredient for a raucous read-aloud. Riddell’s predictably fabulous illustrations are ablaze with colour and detail»

Booklist

«Joyful, rhyming, hilarious ... one of the very best adventures little ones could have with words and pictures on paper!»

Armadillo Weekly

«A slightly cautionary rhyming tale about what might happen if you hire a pirate as a babysitter […] The detailed and colourful images refer to many fictional pirates, although here they are not villains, but a mutually supportive group who insist on paying their way»

Children's Books Ireland

«an anarchical rhyming romp that will keep you Yo Ho Ho-ing on every reading ... Mad and magnificent»

Daily Mail

«Hurrah, a riotous joy of a rhyme from the brilliant Neil Gaiman. Hugely reminiscent of Dr Seuss»

Dandelion

«Dive in, arm yourself and be ready for silliness, adventure, fun and wickedness (of course). Joyful, quirky, laugh-out-loud tongue-twistingly funny this book is the perfect gift to yourself or any young reader»

Armadillo

«For a more boisterous offering, look no further than Pirate Stew ... In this rhyming tale, a crew of swashbuckling pirates make for unusual babysitters, leading to an evening of chaos, adventure, and a very strange stew, which the children are desperate to avoid»

A little bit of magic, The Scotsman

«Pirate Stew is a very enjoyable book with very colourful pictures. The story line is funny with a twist at the end»

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