Bill Badger and the Pirates
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Bill Badger and the Pirates is a children's novel with a canal-side setting, written and illustrated in 1960 by the prolific author Denys Watkins-Pitchford
, who wrote under the pseudonym "BB".
The plot revolves around the release from prison of Bill Badger's sworn enemy, the cat Napolean, and his attempt to capture Bill's barge
, Wandering Wind. The novel blends a stirring story with deeper moral issues.
Bill Badger and the Pirates is the third in the Bill Badger series, which ran to nine books over a decade from the first in 1957 (Wandering Wind, reprinted as Bill Badger and the Wandering Wind).
Denys Watkins-Pitchford
Denys James Watkins-Pitchford MBE was a British naturalist, children's writer, and illustrator who wrote under the pseudonym "BB".-Early life:...
, who wrote under the pseudonym "BB".
The plot revolves around the release from prison of Bill Badger's sworn enemy, the cat Napolean, and his attempt to capture Bill's barge
Barge
A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Some barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats...
, Wandering Wind. The novel blends a stirring story with deeper moral issues.
Bill Badger and the Pirates is the third in the Bill Badger series, which ran to nine books over a decade from the first in 1957 (Wandering Wind, reprinted as Bill Badger and the Wandering Wind).