YOUNGER FICTION
Kessler, Liz

Poppy the Pirate Dog

(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Mike Phillips. Dalmatian Poppy becomes a pirate dog when she gets a skull-and-crossbones bandana on a seaside vacation. But none of the boats the family encounters make the right pirate ship. Poppy finally finds one: "exactly the right size, it's not too fast, and there are no big scary sea monsters." Phillips's expressive, loose ink and watercolor illustrations outshine the simplistic plot.

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