HOW CAN BENNY PRETEND to be a brave pirate when his pesky little sister, Penny, wants to tag along and is always asking for a hug? He tries to lose her, but when he does, he starts to feel a little lost himself. Penny proves her bravery and saves Benny from a bug. They hug as Benny explains he was only pretending she bugged him.

AGES 4+
GRADES K-2
ISBN-13 978-0-9799238-0-7

LEXILE LEVEL: GN 90
GUIDED READING LEVEL: G
READING RECOVERY LEVEL 11-12

GEOFFREY HAYES has written and illustrated over forty children’s books, including the extremely popular series of Otto and Uncle Tooth Mystery Readers (over a million copies sold), the classic Bear By Himself, the Patrick Bear books, and many beginning reader adventures. He also illustrated Margaret Wise Brown’s When the Wind Blew.

He currently lives in New York City.