<p>PIRATES! CURSES! CUTLASSES!<br />
Meet Jack Scratch. Pint sized hero. Swashbuckler. Adventurer&hellip; and singer of pirate ditties!<br />
Together with Cap&rsquo;n Catnip &ndash; The World&rsquo;s Greatest Mariner &ndash; and his Uncle Silver, Jack is about to embark on a quest to find the fabled treasure of the Hiss-paniola!&nbsp;<br />
And he&rsquo;ll encounter a whole lot of trouble along the way.</p><p>Written and illustrated by Craig Phillips, this is the first in The Adventures of Jack Scratch series of comics about a pirate cat. Craig is bringing the love of comics back to a new generation of children. Recommended for all little adventurers.</p><p>Several years ago Craig&rsquo;s daughter asked him to make a book just for her. When he asked her what she&rsquo;d like it to be about she said &ldquo;cats!&rdquo;, then &ldquo;pirates!&rdquo; and then, &ldquo;pirate-cats!&rdquo; and so Jack Scratch was born and developed over many meal times and deep discussions about all the types of things pirate-cats might get up to.</p><p>So, if you have a child that likes cats or pirates or pirate-cats, then they will love this book!</p><p>This is the first book in the series and helps to establish some of the main characters that will carry through in the following books. The second book &lsquo;<em>The Curse of the Kraken!</em>&rsquo; is already well under way.</p><p>Please note: This edition is a beautifully illustrated A4 SOFT COVER book. For the limited edition A4 hard cover, with cloth cover spine, please contact the&nbsp;publisher direct - www.MEpublishing.nz</p>