By Jeremy Strong (author) , Ian Cunliffe (illustrator) Part of the Pirate School series
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It is true that author Jeremy Strong knows just how to make children laugh. This book follows the hilarious exploits of the pirates at pirate school and the theft of their food! In a chaotic plan involving dolphins and other sympathetic sea-life, can the pirates get their grub back?
Jeremy Strong won the Children's Book Award in 1997 with his book ‘The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog’ and you can see why with his unique brand of ridiculousness.
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Patagonia Clatterbottom is very cross. Other pirates have ambushed the Pirate School's food. So, she's going to teach the children - Smudge, Flo, Ziggy and Corkella - how to make a proper pirate attack and get their food back.
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But things go wrong, and all the teachers are captured! Luckily the children have a plan.
'His books are preposterously entertaining' Observer 'Strong's books are hugely popular with young children with their breezy daft exuberance' Sunday Times
Jeremy Strong (1949-2024) was born in Eltham, South East London in November 1949. He has had a varied career path before becoming an author including jobs as a: Head Teacher, Caretaker, Strawberry Picker, Jam Doughnut Stuffer! His first published book was Smith's Tail in 1978.
Jeremy’s work is characterised by humour and direct child appeal. The books are packed with tongue in cheek gags and characters and situations that your children will love. He said of himself "My sense of humour got stuck at age ten." He has said his writing was influenced most of all by Spike Milligan, but also by falling on his head when he was three years old.
When he was about eighteen he started writing very serious stories for adults, but none of them were published. By the time he was twenty-one he was writing stories for children after realizing that he loved writing funny stories and making people laugh.
The Children's Book Award 1997 for The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog The Sheffield Children’s Book Award 1998 (Shorter Novel category) for Pirate Pandemonium The Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2000 (Shorter Novel category) for Dinosaur Pox
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Patagonia Clatterbottom is very cross. Other pirates have ambushed the Pirate School's food.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed A Very Fishy Battle and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
A Very Fishy Battle features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Funny, Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 5+ readers
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A Very Fishy Battle was written by Jeremy Strong and published by Penguin Books Ltd
A Very Fishy Battle has 57 pages
Yes it is part of Pirate School series
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