The Pirate Cruncher - Jonny Duddle

No one knows the pirate life better than salty sea dog and outstanding illustrator/author Jonny Duddle. His books are filled with enough cutlasses, compasses, peg legs, hooks, eye-patches, parrots and swashbuckling pirates to convince any reader to give up their land-lover ways and hop aboard the next ship heading towards adventure. The Pirate Cruncher is one of Jonny’s best-loved picture books, filled with spectacular illustrations and a hilarious story to match. Captain Purplebeard is after treasure and adventure, and he has his sights set on an island full of treasure. After telling a tavern all about it, he sets sail with a crew of salty sea dogs. But it’s only once they’ve set off that he reveals that a terrible Pirate-Cruncher guards the island. Their fear doesn’t last long with the promise of treasure still ringing in their ears and the pirates continue their quest to the island. But what will they find once they reach it? We asked Jonny to use his own experience aboard a pirate ship to bring his pirate-crunching story to life for the children of Simms Cross Primary School in Widnes. Complete with boots, cutlass and the finest pirate’s hat we’ve seen on land, Jonny recounted his mischievous tale to a classroom of salty sea dogs. Buy the book here Watch How to draw a Pirate with Jonny Duddle