There is a boy that is playing on the beach- and stops when he sees something- a pirate ship. He tries to inform his parents, but they do not listen. The boy goes back to working on the sandcastle and the pirates look at him. They take him because they think he is a good digger, and he learns how to be a pirate.
How I Became A Pirate
By Melinda/ Shannon, David (ILT) Long
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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n/a | Grades 1 - 4 | M | 3.1 | 958 |
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.
Publisher: Merrymakers Distribution
Published on 9/30/2007
Binding: Hardcover