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.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Irma s & James H Black Award. It was recognised by the Parents' Choice Award. It also was recognised by the Pat Conroy Southern Book Award. It was recognised in the Illustrated category by the Book Sense Book of the Year Award. Also it was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Young Hoosier Book Award. It was recognised by the Florida Book Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Georgia Children's Book Award. It was recognised in the Primary School category by the California Young Reader Medal. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the North Carolina Children's Book Award. It was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 44 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2007 by Cengage Learning EMEA .

David Shannon has written and illustrated numerous award-winning books for children. His picture books include the best-sellers No, David! and David Goes To School which received numerous starred reviews. MELINDA LONG is a teacher and the author of the award-winning bestseller How I Became a Pirate. DAVID SHANNON is the illustrator of many successful picture books, including How I Became a Pirate. His numerous awards include a Caldecott Honour for No, David!.