High-skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate

from JBD1

Written and illustrated by Scott Nash, The High Skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate (Candlewick Press, 2012) reminded me, in a good way, of Brian Jacques' Redwall books, though geared for a slightly younger audience and without nearly as much of the world-building wonderfulness Jacques brough...

from novalibrarymom

I was not quite sure what to think of this book, at first. It takes a strong leap of the imagination to emerge oneself in the pirating world...of birds.The best way I can describe it is as "Wind in the Willows" meets "Pirates of the Carribean." Sounds bizarre, but somehow, Nash makes it work. The...

from krau0098

I got a copy of this book to review through the Amazon Vine program. This was a very cute book with some wonderful illustrations about a pirate bird named Blue Jay and his crew. Blue Jay the Pirate is the most feared pirate of the skies and has a hankering for collecting beautiful eggs. When one ...

from michelleannlib

This was a disappointment. There was some interesting world building, but the story and writing felt forced.

from MiriamMartin

I almost gave up on this book at about chapter 5 and then I read some very favourable reviews and decided to push on. It became much more interesting and I ended up enjoying the book. The characters are each unique and add variety to the story. You end up cheering on Blue Jay and his friends as t...