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How I Became a Pirate


School year: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

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No. of pages 44

Published: 2007

Great for age 3-12 years

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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

This book is aimed at children in preschool-3rd grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-7 years.

There are 44 pages in this book. This book was published in 2007 by Cengage Learning EMEA .

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!. 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.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

California Young Reader Medal - Primary School
This book was recognised in the Primary School category by the California Young Reader Medal.

Georgia Children's Book Award - Picture Book
This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Georgia Children's Book Award.

Pat Conroy Southern Book Award
This book was recognised by the Pat Conroy Southern Book Award.

North Carolina Children's Book Award - Picture Book
This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the North Carolina Children's Book Award.

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Grades K-3
This book was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award.

Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Illustrated
This book was recognised in the Illustrated category by the Book Sense Book of the Year Award.

Young Hoosier Book Award - Picture Book
This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Young Hoosier Book Award.

Parents' Choice Award
This book was recognised by the Parents' Choice Award.

Irma S & James H Black Award
This book was recognised by the Irma s & James H Black Award.

Florida Book Award
This book was recognised by the Florida Book Award.

"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)

 

"Readers will be blown away by this rowdy gang, depicted in richly robust, humorous paintings."

 

--School Library Journal (11/20/2003)

 

"Caldecott Honor-winner Shannon spices up this spirited pirate tale with vivid, appropriately zany acrylics."

 

--Child Magazine (09/01/2003)

 

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

 

-- (09/07/2003)

 

"A roaring good read."

 

--Teaching K-8 (09/01/2003)