Ship's Cook Ginger
Author(s): Edward Ardizzone
'Tim dashed down to the galley. There he found the cook lying on the floor. When the cook saw Tim he gave a groan and said, "Don't eat the pie," and then fainted dead away.' When the crew of the Claribel fall sick, the second mate takes charge. He orders Tim to steer East - but Tim knows that this will lead the ship on to deadly rocks! The second mate, who is a terrible bully, refuses to listen. What can Tim do to save the ship?
General Information
- :
- : Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
- : Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
- : 0.349
- : 28 February 2007
- : United Kingdom
- : 04 February 2014
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Edward Ardizzone
- : Hardback
- : New edition
- : 823.912
- : 48
- : illustrations
More About The Product
"Some of the saltiest and most satisfying picture books created during the last generation." Maurice Sendak"
Edward Ardizzone was born in 1900, the eldest of five children. In 1905 his family moved to Ipswich, where he "learnt to know and love the little coastal steamers that [he has] drawn so often in the Tim books." Illustrator of more than 170 books, Mr. Ardizzone was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1956 and the CBE in 1971.
