Find out what Mumsnetters thought of children's book Marge and the Pirate Baby by Isla Fisher

My 7 year old loved it and laughed at some parts of it. Enjoyed reading it with her too.

My 7 year old loved this book, would recommend!

I read this to my sons as a bedtime book. They love pirates and came over all swashbuckling. Even athough there is a fair age span they all joined in and I think bedtime became more of a riot than a quiet time before sleep.

This is so funny, we were all giggling away all the way through. Am slightly worried about leaving them with a babysitter in future though!

Interesting and entertaining read full of humour and fun. We like the way there are plenty more opportunities for stories in the future, just the sort of books my DC enjoy reading

Entertaining read full of humour and fun. Can imagine there will be many more books to come in the series with this one being the second book. Plenty more opportunities for stories in the future. Many thanks.

My daughter aged 9 didn't put this book down and it has really made her enthusiastic about reading. She is gutted that she has read both the books in this series now and wants to find something else similar.

Not only did my dc laugh out loud, it made me laugh too. It was a pleasure to share this one

my child hasn't read this one just yet

DD1 (6) chose this book at the bookshop last week and it's been a great hit. She's read it to herself, but we've also read it together with DD2 (3). We were all chuckling together and DD2 particularly loved the pirate baby with the lost treasure. The adventures are fun, imaginative and full of humour. The illustrations are very good too. We will definitely be seeking out other Marge books. All in all, a fantastic book that we will be recommending.

My 6 year old daughter and me read 'Marge and the Pirate Baby' together.
I thought it was very well written for children that age. It was easy to get into Jemima Button's world and to do different voices for the different characters. We loved the pictures in the book which were adding to the story. The stories (three in this book) can easily be enjoyed by both boys and girls. Both my daughter and me thoroughly enjoyed the book (my daughter said it was very funny) and we are hoping to read Isla Fisher's 'Marge in Charge' now as well. Even though I read this story mostly to my daughter, she would have been ok to read it by herself as it is not a difficult book to read (but as I needed to write a review about the book I insisted I would read it together with her). We would definitely recommend this book to other children aged 5 to 7.

Thanks for the great book Mumsnet. My 7 year old who doesn't like to read really enjoyed the 3 shorter story format and it was perfect to co-read with him. His favourite story was the lost treasure one, especially when the baby was revealed as the treasure thief with a nappy full to the brim! Likeable, funny characters and short, well paced stories. Perfect for young readers.

Thank you for this book, Marge and the Pirate Baby is split into three really funny stories and the illustrations are brilliant and bring the story to life. Read this book to my 6 year old niece when she visited recently, she loved so much it went home with her.

Thank you Piccadilly Press & Mumsnet for our copy of this book. It was read enthusiastically by my 8 year old daughter (and by me) - I think it would work equally as well being read aloud for those not yet independent readers. Brilliantly written stories about what has got to be the world's funniest babysitter, full of appropriate humour and it really made her chuckle out loud as she read it. Wonderful illustrations too. All in all, a delightful book, perfect for 6-9 year olds and we rate it 4.5/5.

We whizzed through this delightful book. Jakeypants & Marge the not-so-sensible-babysitter had us in giggles. A nice book for younger children. There's are 3 stories: Zara the pirate baby comes to visit, a trip to the swimming pool & Uncle Desmond gets married. My 6 year old DD read it easily and found it funny.

Thanks Mumsnet for the book! We're loving it so far. My 6 year old says it's interesting & funny. The baby reminds us of my younger daughter aged 18months!

Ahoy shipmates!

Currently about a third of the way through the latest Marge book (thanking you kindly). This time Jemima and her wee brother Jakeypants are looking after their little baby (pirate) cousin Zara with the help from Nanny Marge. And, as everyone knows, Pirate Babies are a LOT of work so ship shape me hearties and set sail with this tale of perils on the high sea...er, back garden.

Agooo* as my 7 year old daughter would have said when she was a baby!

• which means she's really enjoying it and lending her voice to the part of baby Zara

I've been reading this book with my 4 year old son Logan. He enjoys that we read a little bit more each night and looks forward to finding out what happens next. As he is a little bit under the target age range for this book he doesn't have as much understanding of it as he will perhaps when he's older. However he stills finds it funny and entertaining. Zara reminds him of his younger sister Isabelle and I think a lot of children will relate to having younger troublesome relatives. He's told me that he would like to be like 'Jakeypants the fierce' and become Logan the fierce. He also says it would be cool if I was a pirate but like nanny in the book I would probably be mummy the sleepy. Over all we have enjoyed spending time together with this book, its funny and silly just the way children like it to be and yet it still tells a story. At the age of 4 he's more interested in what he calls the 'funny business' going on in the book but when he is older I think he would be more interested in the story side.

My six year old found it very accessible to his reading level. He was able to read it all without my help. He was thoroughly entertained throughout. He found it very funny and cheeky. Just the sort of book he enjoys reading.

The day the book arrived, I sat down with my son to read the first of the three adventures. At first, I wasn't sure if it would capture his attention. He is only just 5 and more used to picture books; it was only the mention of pirates that persuaded him to give it a try. He did complain that the pictures weren't coloured in though! To my surprise, he did listen to the whole of the first story and found it funny. He particularly liked the bit where Marge falls asleep in the baby's pram. What was particularly good for us is that he has an older sister and younger cousins and so could easily relate to the characters, which were very well drawn. I found the stories amusing and, in many ways, similar to the My Naughty Little Sister stories with Zara's, Jake's and Marge's antics narrated by the little girl Jemima who reminded me of my own daughter.

That evening, my husband read part of the second story to my son. Unfortunately, my husband did not enjoy it quite as much and found it a little unexciting. I then passed the book on to my daughter who, at 9, is a little older than the target audience. She enjoyed it and said it was "humorous".

To sum up, I think this is a nice introduction to chapter books for children aged 5 - 7 and possibly a little older. My children's cousins are sure to enjoy it in the future. Thank you for our copy.

My 5 year old is really enjoying this book, he usually ends up laughing hysterically at baby Zara, and even talks about it the next day! A brilliant read for children, will definitely get the previous book in this series.

This book has the potential to become an absolute favourite. Thank you.

We are enjoying it so far. Finding it full of lighthearted giggles and lovely personality! Marge is a wonderful adventurer, and I aspire to capture the hearts of children like she does!

Fantastic book! My daughters are 8 and 6, and they were so excited when the book arrived – immediately drawn by the great cover illustrations, (including Marge's fabulous rainbow hair) and the mention of pirates. We are 40 pages in and have all thoroughly enjoyed Zara's antics so far, and Isla Fisher's wonderful descriptions via Jemima, the narrator. We will definitely be buying the other book in the series.

Thank you for the book, we have read the first story and my children seemed to enjoy it x