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Captain Sunshine

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Book Synopsis

A flamboyantly fun illustrated series set on a cruise ship for animals, perfect for 6+ readers!

It’s Bella’s first day onboard as Captain of the Sunshine! Bella was always going to follow in the same seafaring footsteps as her Aunt Bertha the walrus, but commanding a legendary cruise ship like the Sunshine is no easy task. It’s no ordinary ship – it’s a ship bursting with animal passengers! From penguins to rhinos, giraffes to parrots, life is never dull on board the Sunshine.

Bella has a wonderful crew to assist her – from the weathered sea dog Mr Tatou, to the bossy passenger liaison officer Mrs Purrpot the cat, to Flip and Flap, the young penguin entertainment team – but has she really got what it takes to be Captain Sunshine?

Full steam ahead for an unforgettable animal adventure!

The first in an enchanting four-book series from the author of the bestselling and award-winning HOTEL FLAMINGO, fully illustrated in two-colour throughout. Perfect for fans of EINSTEIN THE PENGUIN, KITTY AND THE MOONLIGHT RESCUE, WATTS AND WHISKERTON and MR PENGUIN.

Our Review Panel says...

Captain Sunshine follows a young girl, Bella Day, through her first days as captain of a luxurious cruise ship, with an assortment of animal characters making up the crew and passengers. As their journey begins, Bella has to find creative solutions to an increasing number of problems to make sure the cruise can continue successfully. Friendship and determination are key themes.

The text is large and well spaced and the chapters are short, making it a particularly good choice for children moving on from phonics readers and looking for comfortable, satisfying chapter books. There are illustrations on every page, with a cute style and a charming limited colour palette. There’s also a map and diagram of the ship included. Set in the same fictional world as the Hotel Flamingo series, this book will appeal to fans of those books and also of series like Adventure Mice, Claude, Rabbit and Bear and Unipiggle.