Bill Badger and the Pirates

Bill Badger and the Pirates

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name = Bill Badger and the Pirates
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image_caption = Detail from inside cover
author = Denys Watkins-Pitchford (BB)
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Hamish Hamilton
release_date = 1960
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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isbn = NA
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Bill Badger and the Pirates is a novel with a canal-side setting for children, written in 1960 by the prolific author Denys Watkins-Pitchford, [ [http://www.masonpeett.co.uk/BB.htm Short author profile] ] who wrote under the pseudonym "BB". [ [http://www.stellabooks.com/articles/BB.php explanation of pseudonym] ]

The plot revolves around the release from prison of Bill Badger's sworn enemy the cat Napolean and his attempt to capture the barge "The Whispering Wind". The novel blends a stirring story with deeper moral issues. [ [http://templar.osmthu.org.uk/blog/_archives/2007/4/3/2856337.html Testimonial of an avid reader] ]

The series, which ran to nine books over a decade from the first in 1959, has been widely praised in retrospect for its depiction of mature character relationships, educative narrative and exciting plots. [ Townsend,J.R."Written for children" (1974 Harmondsworth Kestrel Books). p 267. ISBN 0 7226 5466 9]

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