Captain Brett’s Pirates
Blexbolex

The adventures of a little boy captured by a crew of pirates led by the dreadful Captain Brett, a mysterious character with a skull as a face…

A boy is sent by his parents to spend the summer with his original, absent-minded uncle. Left to his own devices in a strange town, he explores the streets, discovers a large river, gets trapped in an ambush and is taken prisoner by pirates! Despite himself, he becomes part of this criminal crew, composed of a cabin boy looking like a cat, a little girl who happens to be the lieutenant, and the captain Brett, whose face is a skull with a permanent smile. With them, the boy will live crazy adventures: participate in a high-speed chase with the police, discover the underground hidden treasure of the pirates, escape his kidnappers… before falling again in the hands of the mysterious and dreadful captain Brett.

Blexbolex
The author and illustrator

After studying at the Fine arts of Angoulême, Blexbolex discovered silkscreen printing in the 1990s and learned the publishing techniques in the field. At Cornelius, he started the collections Lucette and Louise. He also published several books with various publishers, including a series of artist books, “L’arrière-pays”, at Orbis Pictus. Since 2006, he has been producing an important work in children’s literature, translated into 10 languages and rewarded by many prizes: L’imagier des gens, Saisons, Maître chat… His picture book Nos vacances received the Pépite d’or award at the Montreuil festival in 2017 and the New York Rights Fair award in 2018.  

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