How I Became a Pirate (HB)
Author(s): Melinda Long
Pirates have green teeth--when they have any teeth at all. I know about pirates, because one day, when I was at the beach building a sand castle and minding my own business, a pirate ship sailed into view. So proclaims Jeremy Jacob, a boy who joins Captain Braid Beard and his crew in this witty look at the finer points of pirate life by the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator David Shannon and the storyteller Melinda Long. Jeremy learns how to say "scurvy dog," sing sea chanteys, and throw food . . . but he also learns that there are no books or good night kisses on board: "Pirates don't tuck." A swashbuckling adventure with fantastically silly, richly textured illustrations that suit the story to a T.
Product Information
"Shannon''s illustrations... are a page-turning glory. Long''s clever and spirited text leaves other pirate books in the bilge."
General Fields
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- : Harcourt Trade Publishers
- : Harvest Books
- : 0.42
- : 01 September 2003
- : 286mm X 235mm X 13mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Melinda Long
- : Hardback
- : David Shannon
- : English
- : [E]
- : 44
- : colour illustrations