Shiver me timbers! Pirates and parrots, mummies and mermaids--get ready for these fun and funky creatures to tickle your funny bone and send a chill down your spine! Between the lines of these eerie poems, a lady pirate fights her battles in stolen ball gowns, a cannibal decides to become a vegetarian, and a ghost hitches a ride in the family car. You'd better get started: it's all hands on deck!