“Bad Bart was the biggest and the burliest pirate on this side of the Atlantic. But he wanted to be the biggest, burliest pirate in the world. And the richest….Mean Mo was the maddest, mightiest pirate this side of the Pacific. But am I the maddest, mightiest pirate in the world? She wondered. And the richest?”The two pirates set off to win their titles and meet in battle. Full of delightful pirate banter and lots of opportunities to compete for the best pirate. Everybody loves a pirate story. When my husband needed a break from telling his own pirate bedtime story, I read Pirate vs. Pirate by Mary Quattlebaum to the kids.Bad Bart is the worst of the Atlantic pirates and Mean Mo monopolizes the Pacific. Having run out of others to terrorize, both pirates set out to meet and beat the other. What they don't realize is that they are evenly matched in all their skills. Days and days (maybe even months) of competitions prove this beyond a doubt that they are equally bad and mean and filthy rich pirates.Most of the book is taken up with their lengthy competitions. The competitions are as silly and overdone as Shark vs Train by Chris Barton. The humor also reminded of the old Monkey Island games (which my children have recently started playing).It's good piratey fun. I'd recommend it for story time the next time Talk Like a Pirate day rolls around (September 19).
I'm not sure how this will stack up to stinky joe the pirate.
—Haydn
I LOVE pirates! Don't you?
—ACooper
Great funny pirate book!
—Dinalovesharry
Arrh! Fun pirate book.
—Janinec2013
