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.
- | Author: Melinda Long
- | Publisher: Clarion Books
- | Publication Date: Sep 01, 2003
- | Number of Pages: 44 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0152018484
- | ISBN-13: 9780152018481
