Delightfully silly, The Pirates of the Pond is a perfect bedtime story that is sure to entertain the kids with humorous rhymes about cats chasing mice, monkeys baking cakes, a singing octopus scrubbing down the decks, sleeping lions, a soggy frog, and noisy pirate ducks. Get ready for bed as the magical illustrations lead you through this gentle adventure story about the adorable Pirates of the Pond. A perfect way to say goodnight for beginner readers with easy-to-read vocabulary and magical illustrations. He was all green, by this I mean, the hopping Pirate Froggy. Upon the bow, he stood somehow on legs all wet and soggy.