Animal School

The pirate ship’s first mate, Rotten Tooth, sees Pete and his friends more as an annoyance than pirates in training. As the ship heads toward Snake Island, Pete has an idea to earn some respect—if the kids can find the hidden treasure before the grown-ups, then they’ll have to be taken...

Peter’s father liked to look for birds. Every time he saw one he had not seen before, he liked to check it with his binoculars, take a photo, and write down its name in his bird book. One day, Peter’s father showed him a picture of a big black bird with a yellow tail, and said, “This is a yellow-tailed black cockatoo; I have not seen one before in the wild, but I hear there is a pair down by the lake. How would you like to come with me today to look for the yellow-tailed black cockatoo?”