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Reading Champion: Graphics: Kid Pirate: The Skeleton Crew

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By Damian Harvey
Series: Reading Champion
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781445193113

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Franklin Watts Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Denis Cristo

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 148.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 24

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Damian Harvey Education & Reference Graphic Novels Series: Reading Champion Young Adult

About the Author

Damian Harvey (Author)

Damian Harvey lives in North Wales with his lovely wife, Vicky. He has three wonderful daughters, one brilliant boy and a cat called Polly. He has written more than 130 books for primary school aged children and is busy writing more. When he isn't writing, Damian loves visiting schools, libraries, bookshops, festivals and anywhere that will have him, where he shares stories, talks about writing and gets people excited about books and reading. You can find out more about Damian by visiting http://www.damianharvey.co.uk and follow him on Twitter @damianjharvey

Denis Cristo (Illustrator)

Denis Cristo is an illustrator and web designer based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Most of his illustrations are digital vector art.

He studied advertising, and worked for many years with an animation studio.

Over the last few years he's been working as a freelance illustrator with the advertising and children's books markets.

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