New York: Four Winds Press/Macmillan, (1987) dj. Hardcover - After discovering that her pet cricket, Nikki, has been stolen, Maggie and her friends set out to track down the person who took Nikki and left in his place a note saying "The Pirate was here" - a quest which results in a small tragedy but the making of a new friend. Originally published in 1979, this is a posthumous "reclaimed gem" of one of the later books by this Caldecott winning author and illustrator. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-027497100.