How I Became a Pirate : Irma S and James H Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature (Awards) - Melinda Long

How I Became a Pirate

By: Melinda Long, David Shannon

Hardcover | 1 September 2003

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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.

Industry Reviews
"Shannon's illustrations... are a page-turning glory. Long's clever and spirited text leaves other pirate books in the bilge." "Readers will be blown away by this rowdy gang, depicted in richly robust, humorous paintings." "Caldecott Honor-winner Shannon spices up this spirited pirate tale with vivid, appropriately zany acrylics." "Long's dry, tongue-in-cheek humor serves as an ideal springboard for Shannon's gleefully madcap illustrations." "A roaring good read." "Long''s dry, tongue-in-cheek humor serves as an ideal springboard for Shannon''s gleefully madcap illustrations." "Shannon''s illustrations... are a page-turning glory. Long''s clever and spirited text leaves other pirate books in the bilge."

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