Ben and the Buccaneers Author:Udo Weigelt, Rosemary Lanning How Ben longs to join the Buccaneers, a band of swashbuckling sparrows! The Buccaneer captain laughs at the idea, but Ben keeps trying. What can he do to gain their respect? Help comes from a most unlikely source: the sparrows' dreaded enemy, the cat. Will her plan win Ben a place among the Buccaneers, or is it just a dastardly plot? Children wi... more »ll be rooting for brave little Ben, whose rousing adventure, filled with danger and derring-do, proves that perseverance pays off.« less