Book review: Jake And The Never Land Pirates: After A While, Crocodile!

Omair Alavi|Published August 8, 2020

ItΓÇÖs never a dull moment in the Pirate Island where Jake and The Never Land Pirates are based. With Captain Hook and his lively crew around featuring Mr Smee, Sharky and Bones, every adventure is a misadventure and follows the same pattern. It usually begins with Captain Hook getting an idea, his crew rejecting it, then going with it and ends with Captain Hook running away from the idea.

In After A While, Crocodile, Jake and his friends Izzy, Cubby and Skully the Parrot, encounter Captain Hook who is on his way to Crocodile Creek to hunt for a treasure. Since Crocodile Creek is the home of Tick Tock Croc ΓÇö Captain HookΓÇÖs nemesis ΓÇö he wants to hit it where it hurts the most. However, bad planning, not listening to his crew and wayward decisions ensure that Captain HookΓÇÖs plan doesnΓÇÖt succeed.

Somehow it does succeed, but thatΓÇÖs because of the timely interference from Jake and The Never Land Pirates. How they manage to switch the game in Captain HookΓÇÖs favour is something to look forward to, or read about.

This book is not much different from the Disney Junior animated series and if you read it carefully, become involved in the pictures and the text at the same time, it might seem like watching the story on TV.

Everything from JakeΓÇÖs presence of mind to IzzyΓÇÖs Pixie Dust and CubbyΓÇÖs detection comes into play here, mostly to save Captain Hook from being eaten by Tick Tock Crock. There is other stuff in this book you can learn by going through it, such as ΓÇÿnever underestimate the oppositionΓÇÖ, ΓÇÿalways have a Plan BΓÇÖ, and ΓÇÿlistening to your friendsΓÇÖ to name a few.

Add the silly riddles and comments from Skully and you have a fun-filled adventure where the good guys always win, whether itΓÇÖs by ΓÇÿHookΓÇÖ or by ΓÇÿCrocΓÇÖ!

Published in Dawn, Young World, August 8th, 2020