Peggony-Po is no ordinary sailor boy. From the time he was in burlap booties, he could climb the mainmast faster than you could say “Thar she blows!” He can tie a knot to rival any of the crews and swim more swiftly than a dolphin. But the most unusual thing about Peggony-Po? He was carved from the piece of driftwood that saved his father Galleon’s life, after he tried to capture Cetus, the biggest, meanest whale of them all. Ever since the day Galleon wished upon the northern lights and Peggony-Po magically came to life, the boy has vowed to seek revenge on Cetus. And now, with the whole ship’s crew betting for or against him, Peggony-Po sets out to do just that.

Set on a nineteenth-century whaling ship, this is a swashbuckling original tall tale by an award-winning team.

Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney have collaborated on several acclaimed picture books, including Ella Fitzgerald, Alvin Ailey (a Reading Rainbow Selection) and the Caldecott Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Honor Book Duke Ellington.

The two also have successful solo careers: Andrea Davis Pinkney has written several novels, picture books, and works of nonfiction, including Silent Thunder, Fishing Day, and the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Let It Shine. Brian Pinkney illustrated Karen Hesse’s The Stone Lamp: Eight Stories of Hanukkah Through History, won the Coretta Scott King Medal for Kim Siegelson’s In the Time of the Drums, and has two other Caldecott Honors to his credit. He has also written and illustrated several of his own books, including Cosmo and the Robot.