By Tony Robinson (author) , Jamie Smith (illustrator) Part of the Little Gems series
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Interest Age 5-8 A swashbuckling adventure from TV star Tony Robinson. Ben is a pirate at heart who is not at all happy when he discovers on his first day at school that there are no walk-the-plank and cutlass classes. That is until Ben's class mate, short John Silver arrives. These two boys get up to all sorts of skulduggery and before long the school finds they have a mutiny on their hands.
With plenty of full-colour illustrations throughout, limited text on every page with clear short sentences throughout.
About the Little Gems series: Little Gems are in a gorgeous new chunky format, with high-spec production including coloured endpapers and jacketed flaps with activities. Additional features include high quality cream paper, Barrington Stoke font and illustrations on every page. They are perfect for 5-8's. These quality stories promote good reading practice for all newly independent readers.
Ben arrives at pirate school ready and raring to learn all about how to be the best pirate he can be! But instead of lessons in walking the plank, cutlass-swinging and singing sea shanties, the Headmistress seems more focused on teaching business and economics. Ben can't have that! With the help of comrade-in-arms Short John Silver, an uprising is planned...
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Tony presents Channel 4's archaeology series "Time Team", and played Baldrick in "Blackadder". He also devised and wrote four series of the BBC's "Maid Marian and Her Merry Men" in which he played the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Click here to read Tony's full biography.
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Ben arrives at pirate school ready and raring to learn all about how to be the best pirate he can be! But instead of lessons in walking the plank, cutlass-swinging and singing sea shanties, the Headmistress seems more focused on teaching business and economics.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Skulduggery and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-8 years old
Skulduggery features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 5+ readers
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Skulduggery was written by Tony Robinson and published by Barrington Stoke Ltd
Skulduggery has 76 pages
Yes it is part of Little Gems series
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