A fun and clever picture book retelling of Goldilocks—with pirates! Once upon a seaworthy sloop lived three pirates: the big, pilfering Papa, the medium-sized, menacing Mama, and the small, bonny Baby, a pirate-in-training. They were excellent pirates, but not very good housekeepers, so their gruel wasn't tasty, their stools weren't sturdy, and their hammocks weren't hung properly. Luckily for them, Goldenlocks happened along when they were out for a row in the harbor. April Jones Prince's rollicking text and Steven Salerno's swashbuckling paintings make Goldenlocks and the Three Pirates a first-rate adventure and a spirited take on Goldilocks.

"The Three Pirates Meet - Book 6"is 1 of 12 soft-covered, color-illustrated, high-interest, low-vocabulary readers dealing with stories of the sea, including tales of pirates, buried treasures and storms at sea. The specified reading level is grade 2 and the specified interest level includes the primary and intermediate grades. EA/CAN, 1-76.