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The Pirates Next Door

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The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle, and Jonny Duddle

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By Jonny Duddle, and and, Jonny Duddle

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95 reviews

Meet the Jolley-Rogers – a pirate family who’re moving to Dull-on-Sea, a quiet seaside town. Stopping to fix up their ship, this unusual family get the whole neighbourhood spreading rumours. Defying the grown-ups, Matilda from next door decides to become friends with the youngest pirate son. When the Jolley-Rogers leave, the town discovers they were wrong to assume the worst – the pirate clan have buried treasure in everyone’s gardens (shown in a stunning double-gatefold). Matilda feels sad until she discovers her own treasure – an incredibly exciting new pen friend.

Reviews

02 Dec 2024

I liked the little girl with the canon ball, the pirates crew and the pirate ship.

02 Dec 2024

I liked the little girl with the canon ball, the pirates crew and the pirate ship.

11 Sep 2024

I like the characters. The main character Matilda is kind to the pirates.

15 Aug 2024

I love this book and have read over and over again!

06 Aug 2024

I really enjoyed the rhyming in this book.

02 Aug 2024

I listened this book while mummy was reading and tryed to read my self. Funny book

01 Aug 2024

I like it

29 Jul 2024

It was a great story, the pirates made the people so happy by leaving them treasure in their gardens. The people realised they weren’t as bad as they thought and missed them when they left.

27 Jul 2024

Mummy likes it

26 Jul 2024

Really enjoyed this book. My favourite part was when the pirates left treasure in peoples garden

20 Jul 2024

I really liked the illustrations. I hope I'll be able to draw like that one day. My favourite character was probably Nugget (Jim's little sister) or Matilda (the main character) I'll recommend it to anyone under 10. I like how everyone hates the pirates but at the end they leave everyone some treasure then suddenly all of the people in the town are really nice about the pirates, hoping for more treasure. This story is really hilarious.

14 Jul 2024

This shows to make new friends

30 Nov 2023

Nice rhyming book

05 Sep 2023

The pirates are brilliant and I like nugget because she is cheeky. I'm glad that Tilda stays friends with Jim Lad as it would be really cool to have a pirate friend who would come and pick you up on a pirate ship.

02 Sep 2023

I liked the Pirates next Door because at the end of this book, when the pirates left, they left some treasure behind

31 Aug 2023

it was nice

28 Aug 2023

Great

27 Aug 2023

I loved this book. Tilda got some new fun and exciting neighbours - Pirates. And Tilda and Jim Lad became the best of friends. When the pirates left they left some surprises for their neighbours.

15 Aug 2023

I love this book it’s so funny, Jim and the pirates are so naughty!

08 Aug 2023

I like the rhyming but not the story

02 Aug 2023

I loved that Matilda loved one of the pirates.

30 Jul 2023

I love a good pirate story yeeha

28 Jul 2023

Top book. Would read again

24 Jul 2023

I like the way the dad disguised himself to trick other people.

05 Jul 2023

Jim was the greatest pirate i have ever seen and his littel sister was extremaly good and matilda wished to be a pirate

05 Sep 2022

I love pirates and love these books!

30 Aug 2022

I think it is bad that the adults in the book only like the Pirates after they give them gold. The only good friend they have is Mathilda because she liked them from the beginning. The person I like best in this fiction book is Mathilda because she is the only one who really likes people from who they are. I would recommend it to children who like pirates and like to read about their adventures.

28 Aug 2022

Fantastic read, brilliant story.

17 Aug 2022

Pirates are good

17 Aug 2022

Nice, Loike pirates!

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