The Pirate Blackbird

When a little mynah bird is stolen from the jungle, he uses his amazing gift of mimicry to fool everyone in his path! This funny and charming book by Uwe Timm features fabulous illustrations by Axel Scheffler. A celebration of a small bird doing big things!

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Uwe Timm
Axel Scheffler

Axel is the illustrator of The Gruffalo and many other favourite picture books.

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Axel has won many of the major book prizes, including the Smarties and Bluue Peter Awards for The Gruffalo, the Blue Peter and Sheffield Children’s Book Prizes for Room on the Broom, the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year for The Gruffalo’s Child and the Red House Award for Super Worm.