Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Mama Hook Knows Best - ADVISABLE

Osbourne, Sharon  Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Mama Hook Knows Best  Illustrated by Massimiliano Narciso  Disney Press, 2013.  $17.99  PICTURE BOOK  Content: G.  

Captain Hook’s mother tells three stories that she said have taught Captain Hook important pirate rules.  The first story is similar to the Tortoise and the Hare with the message being: sail a steady course and pay attention.  The second story teaches the lesson that being greedy is bad and the third is similar to Peter Cries Wolf with the lesson being that we shouldn’t lie.  

This book is one story of Mama Hook reading three short pirate stories and at the end she gives the moral of the story.  The short stories have good messages and readers who love Jake and the Never Land Pirate characters will love this retelling of classic fables.  The illustrations are great and show the humorous situations Captain Hook gets himself into.  

EL (K-3)-ADVISABLE.  Reviewer, C. Peterson.