"Yiddish for Pirates" by Gary Barwin

I did not enjoy this read. This is what I get for reading a clever, inventive book. There was so much emphasis on the parrot's raunchy Yiddish personality and vocabulary, that it kept taking me out of the story. The worst culprit was the jokes which the parrot kept throwing in out of left field. The story was muddled because of the parrot's odd story-telling style. I was very glad when I finally finished it. Good riddance! That said, I did learn some interesting tidbits about the Spanish inquisition and Christopher Columbus's trip to the New World.