The Great Piratical Rumbustification & The Librarian and the Robbers

A parent should reach for this book when their imaginative child seems bored with the everyday and is craving a dose of joyful, creative chaos. This volume contains two wonderfully absurd short stories by the masterful Margaret Mahy. In the first, a boy decides his house needs a party and hires a crew of retired pirates to liven things up. In the second, a clever librarian foils a kidnapping attempt by captivating her captors with a fantastical story. Both tales celebrate the power of imagination to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, showing that fun and adventure can be found anywhere. It’s perfect for independent readers and as a delightful, vocabulary-building read-aloud for a slightly younger audience.