Olive's Pirate Party    by Roberta Baker & Debbie Tilley Order:  USA  Can Little, Brown & Co., 2005 (2005) Hardcover      Reviewed by Hilary Williamson Olive Elizabeth Julia Jerome wants cannons on her seventh birthday cake! She invites friends: 'Ahoy mateys! It's Captain Olive! I'm having a pirate party with swordfights, a gangplank, buried treasure, a lagoon filled with alligators ...' But how will her parents deliver, with their home under renovation? Olive's elderly Aunt Tiffany rides to the rescue. But Olive has misgivings, which she shares with her friends. She decides it's up to her to make her party a happening, and enlists her classmates in preparations, to make up for the disappointment she anticipates. She needn't have, as Aunt Tiffany, aka 'Bluebeard the Pirate', surprises Olive and impresses her crewmates big-time. Roberta Baker's charming Olive's Pirate Party is all about birthday anxiety and expectations, the folly of assumptions, and the remarkable ties that often skip generations. Debbie Tilley's antic illustrations are a perfect match for this delightful story. Note: Opinions expressed in reviews and articles on this site are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of BookLoons. Find more Kids books on our Shelves or in our book Reviews