Tough Boris - Book

Tough Boris is a mean, greedy old pirate- tough as nails like all pirates. Or is he?

Australian author Mem Fox wrote this short picture book, first published in 1994, about Boris von der Borch, a pirate who seems every bit as tough and greedy as pirates are supposed to be. A boy sneaks aboard his ship and finds out that Boris and his crew are not quite what he expected.

Kathryn Brown's watercolor illustrations tell much of the story alongside the brief, repeating text, which makes it a good choice for very young listeners and early readers. Voyager Books paperback, 32 pages.