In this delightful children's book about Mack and Fred the Pirates, Mack's wife Tia is a beautician and she's determined to make Mack look his best as captain of his pirate ship.
Mack is determined not to let Tia do that and he vows that Pirates Don't Do Perms.
But Mack loves Tia, and misunderstanding her Spanish one afternoon, he agrees to meet her at the salon.
Mack thinks he's getting a steak (filete) when he's getting a permanente (perm).
After much grumbling, Mack and first mate Fred f.