Carolyn Crimi scored a big hit with her first pirate bunny tale, Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies, starring a rabbit named Henry, who is more interested in reading than pirating. The rest of the Salty Carrot's crew is too busy bowling with coconuts, shooting themselves out of cannons, and otherwise goofing off to care about a threatening letter received in a bottle. But Henry thinks there's something sinister behind the letter. Soon his fears become realized when the ship is attacked by crazy chickens!
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"Henry worries about invading pirates after finding a mysterious message in a bottle. Luckily for everyone, Henry is a first-rate planner. It's hard not to love a book that contains the line, "What if a parrot poops in my eye and I can't see them coming?" "
— Laura (4 out of 5 stars)
" Fun pirate story that emphasizes cleverness over violence. "
— Megan, 12/22/2013" I read this book with my boys and it is the cutest book. Very good illustration work too. "
— Joanna, 12/2/2013" My son didn't seem too excited about this one. I thought Henry was more interesting than the pirate story line. Maybe if he were in a different setting, I would have liked it more. "
— Rebecca, 9/14/2013" Suffering scallywags, Crimi has done it again! Loved it. "
— Kelly, 11/17/2012" I found this book to be very amusing and cute. It doesn't hurt that my son is named Henry either. "
— Sherry, 10/18/2012" what a smart brave bunny "
— Nancy, 8/17/2012" Crazed AUSTRALIAN chicken pirates! "
— Michael, 8/15/2012" Delightful! Henry does tons of research and writes a survival book after his pirate crew receives a threatening note. Henry is my kind of buccaneer bunny. And I love the Crazed Chicken Pirates! "
— Kris, 1/13/2012" This one really tickled my funny bone, especially the title of the book he was writing! Henry was brave and resourceful...now, what am I going to do with all the crazed chicken pirates around here?? "
— Julie, 1/3/2012" Henry worries about invading pirates after finding a mysterious message in a bottle. Luckily for everyone, Henry is a first-rate planner. It's hard not to love a book that contains the line, "What if a parrot poops in my eye and I can't see them coming?" "
— Laura, 9/1/2011" Henry loves to write down instruction manuals to plan for every situation. Always be prepared. Believe in yourself. "
— Julie, 5/28/2011" Just as great as the first one. It shows how smart it is to read and how much you can learn, but it's done in such a fun way that kids probably don't know their bring taught a lesson! "
— Rina, 5/22/2011" Book-writing Henry uses his own suggestions for survival when he and the Buccaneer Bunnies become a prime target for a band of crazed chickens who want to steal their loot. "
— Edna, 4/18/2011" i honestly thought they would eat the chickens at the end. . . . "
— dennis, 1/31/2011" Just as great as the first one. It shows how smart it is to read and how much you can learn, but it's done in such a fun way that kids probably don't know their bring taught a lesson! "
— Rina, 10/6/2010" I read this book with my boys and it is the cutest book. Very good illustration work too. "
— Joanna, 9/30/2010" Henry loves to write down instruction manuals to plan for every situation. Always be prepared. Believe in yourself. "
— Julie, 7/6/2010" Book-writing Henry uses his own suggestions for survival when he and the Buccaneer Bunnies become a prime target for a band of crazed chickens who want to steal their loot. "
— Edna, 5/20/2010" This one really tickled my funny bone, especially the title of the book he was writing! Henry was brave and resourceful...now, what am I going to do with all the crazed chicken pirates around here?? "
— Julie, 10/20/2009" How do you top a book about bunny pirates? By adding pirate CHICKENS! <br/>(And the nice message about getting help from books doesn't hurt either..) "
— The, 9/26/2009" i honestly thought they would eat the chickens at the end. . . . "
— dennis, 8/26/2009" Suffering scallywags, Crimi has done it again! Loved it. "
— Kelly, 8/5/2009Carolyn Crimi received her MFA in writing for children from Vermont College in 2000 and she has published over fifteen books. Her book There Might Be Lobsters won the Golden Kite Award in 2018 for Picture Book Text, and her middle grade debut, Weird Little Robots, was named a BEA Book Buzz pick. Carolyn has received over thirty state awards and award nominations and was given the Prairie State Award in 2012 for her body of work.
David Chandler is an Earphones Award–winning narrator who has read numerous titles for New York Times bestselling authors William Kent Krueger and C. J. Box, among others.