From the multi-award-winning Neil Gaiman comes the biggest picture book of the year: a joyfully riotous, brilliantly anarchic, deliciously rhyming adventure, with glorious piratical illustrations by Chris Riddell''Neil Gaiman is the nearest thing children''s books have to a rock star: if you enjoy fantasy, he is irresistible'' The TimesMeet LONG JOHN McRON, SHIP''S COOK . . . and the most unusual babysitter you''ve ever seen.Long John has a whole crew of wild pirates in tow, and – for two intrepid children – he''s about to transform a perfectly ordinary evening into a riotous adventure beneath a pirate moon. It''s time to make some PIRATE STEW.Pirate Stew! Pirate Stew!Pirate Stew for me and you!Pirate Stew, Pirate StewEat it and you won’t be blueYou can be a pirate too!Marvellously silly and gloriously entertaining, this tale of pirates, flying ships, donut feasts and some rather magical stew is perfect for all pirates, both young and old.With a deliciously rhyming text from master storyteller Neil Gaiman, and spellbinding illustrations by the supremely talented Chris Riddell, three-times-winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, this is the picture book of the year! Joyful, quirky and action-packed, it makes a spectacular and magical gift.