How I Became a Pirate

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Hardcover
Author: Melinda Long
Illustrator: David Shannon
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Co
Publish Date: September 2003
Language: English
Reading Level: 3.1
EAN: 9780152018481

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Overview

In this New York Times bestseller illustrated by Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator David Shannon, a boy sets off on a pirate adventure–with surprising results!

When Braid Beard’s pirate crew invites Jeremy Jacob to join their voyage, he jumps right on board. Buried treasure, sea chanteys, pirate curses–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. But then Jeremy Jacob finds out what pirates don’t do. . . .

Caldecott Honor illustrator David Shannon teams up with Melinda Long for a hilarious look at the finer points of pirate life. Shiver me timbers–it’s a pirate adventure!

How I Became a Pirate is a swashbuckling adventure with fantastically silly illustrations.

Details

Pages: 44
Dimensions: 11.32 x 8.6 x 0.39 in
Lexile Score: 470
Interest Level: Lower Grade (LG)
Point Value: 0.5
ISBN: 0152018484

Awards

2008 Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee (Picture Book)
2006 California Young Reader Medal - Nominee (Primary)
2006 Charlotte Award - Nominee (Primary)
2006 Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee (Picture Storybook)
2006 Golden Sower Award - Nominee (Grades K-3)
2006 Nevada Young Readers' Award - Nominee (Picture Book)
2006 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee (Grades K-3)
2005 Florida Children's Book Award - Winner (Pre K - 2nd Grade)
2005 Land of Enchantment Book Award - Nominee (Children's)
2005 Monarch Award - Nominee (Grades K-3)
2005 North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee (Picture Book)
2005 Red Clover Award - Nominee (Picture Book)
2005 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee (Picture Book)
2005 Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee (Grades K-3)
2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Winner (Children's Illustrated)
2004 Buckaroo Book Award - Nominee (Children's)
2004 Irma S. & James H. Black Award - Winner (Children's Literature)
2004 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize - Winner (Children's)
2003 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner (Gold)