How I Became a Pirate - Hardcover

Melinda Long

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152018484 ISBN 13: 9780152018481

Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books, 2007

Synopsis

When Braid Beard's pirate crew invites Jeremy Jacob to join their voyage, he jumps right on board. Buried treasure, sea chanteys, pirate talk--who wouldn't go along? Soon Jeremy Jacob knows all about being a pirate. He throws his food across the table and his manners to the wind. He hollers like thunder and laughs off bedtime. It's the heave-ho, blow-the-man-down, very best time of his life. Until he finds out what pirates don't do--no reading bedtime stories, no tucking kids in. . . . Maybe being a pirate isn't so great after all.

About this title

Review:

"Caldecott Honor-winner Shannon spices up this spirited pirate tale with vivid, appropriately zany acrylics."
--Child Magazine (09/01/2003)

"Long's dry, tongue-in-cheek humor serves as an ideal springboard for Shannon's gleefully madcap illustrations."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) (07/07/2003)

"Shannon's illustrations... are a page-turning glory. Long's clever and spirited text leaves other pirate books in the bilge."
-- (09/07/2003)

"Readers will be blown away by this rowdy gang, depicted in richly robust, humorous paintings."
--School Library Journal (11/20/2003)

"A roaring good read."
--Teaching K-8 (09/01/2003)

About the Author:

MELINDA LONG is a teacher and the author of the award-winning bestseller How I Became a Pirate. She lives in Greenville, South Carolina. DAVID SHANNON is the illustrator of many popular picture books, including How I Became a Pirate. His numerous awards include a Caldecott Honor for No, David! He lives in Burbank, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0152018484
• ISBN 13: 9780152018481
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 44
• Illustrator: David Shannon