Margaret Mahy, Illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain. 1985 Puffin Books.
There are a lot of saintly mothers in children's books and every now and again it makes a lovely change to read about a mother who is a pirate, as in this book. A fulsome, jolly, gold wearing colourful pirate who glows in the city setting. Her son is a brown suited accountant, of course. The mother tells him that they must go to the sea, even though they must travel with just a wheelbarrow and a kite. The image is when they have arrived and are frolicking in the sounds, smells and taste of the sea. Great for planning a beach holiday and for your own inner pirate. Aye aye!
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