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Binding: HardcoverEAN: 9780152018481
Format: Illustrated
ISBN: 0152018484
Label: Harcourt, Inc.
Manufacturer: Harcourt, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 44
Publication Date: September 01, 2003
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Sales Rank: 14422
Studio: Harcourt, Inc.
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
When Braid Beard's pirate crew invites Jeremy Jacob to join their voyage, he jumps right on board. Buried treasure, sea chanteys, pirate talk--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. Until he finds out what pirates don't do--no reading bedtime stories, no tucking kids in. . . . Maybe being a pirate isn't so great after all.
Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator David Shannon teams up with witty storyteller Melinda Long for a hilarious look at the finer points of pirate life.
Amazon.com Review:
Young Jeremy Jacob is plucked from obscurity while innocently constructing a sand castle and is thrust into a brand-new life as a pirate. Captain Braid Beard and his crew recognize Jeremy as an exceptionally talented digger and they happen to be in desperate need of a digger to help them bury a treasure chest. Jeremy thinks a pirate life sounds like fun, as long as he’s back the next day in time for soccer practice, and so he goes along with the ragtag group of seafaring thugs (with hearts of gold, naturally). And while Jeremy adores the pirates’ lack of table manners and opposition to vegetables, he comes to realize that a life away from his parents lacks some of the niceties to which he’s become accustomed. Nobody tucks him in at night, for instance, and the only book available to read is a treasure map. Melinda Long’s story, narrated with a sense of boastful exaggeration by Jeremy, is full of a sense of high adventure that's lovingly evocative of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tales. David Shannon's illustrations, full of a goofy vibrancy, are a perfect accompaniment to the story. (Ages 4 to 8) --John Moe
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Illustartions are amazing!!!!This book has the best illustrations I have seen. Me and my 4 year old daughter read this book at least three times a week. She has even memorizd some of the story. This is a must have in any childs library.
Rating:
- Two boys' review: A fun pirate story with only a couple minor flaws...Both of my young sons love pirate stories and they took to this one quickly, although the book needed some parental editing.
Two problems:
Jeremy Jacob takes off without telling his parents -- I reinforced with my kids that Jeremy shouldn't leave with the pirates without asking his mother or father.
The author perpetuates an unhealthy attitude towards children eating vegetables, with Jeremy happily announcing that he won't have to eat either spinach or carrots ... Read More
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- Wonderful BookI ordered this book as a gift for my 5 year old nephew. He loves this book and reads it at least twice a day. If you have a little buckaroo, he or she will love this adventure.
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- Henry's GrandmaWonderful book! Beautifully illustrated, fun story, not scary for a young child. My 4 yr old loved it!
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- A pirate's life for me!I laugh out loud every time I so much as look at this book! These are some amazing illustrations from David Shannon, and Ms. Long tells a riveting story about a normal soccer-playing boy who up and joins a pirate crew in the most nonchalant manner imaginable. It is funny and wonderfully stereotyping of pirates (not that Disney didn't do enough) while still showing the downsides a young boy who still needs his mom might find. It is hilarious and innocent fun.
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