How I Became a Pirate | Melinda Long | Best Pirate Book of All

How I Became a Pirate | Melinda Long | A pirate's life for me!

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How I Became a Pirate

	How I Became a Pirate Melinda Long Harcourt, Inc., 2003 - 44 pages average customer review:based on 88 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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.
(07/07/2003)

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Best Pirate Book of All

How I Became a Pirate

This is the BEST children's book about pirates ever written? If you are thinking about a book for a young child (my son is 7 and absolutely loves it) look no further. This is our VERY favorite!

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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Henry's Grandma

Wonderful book! Beautifully illustrated, fun story, not scary for a young child. My 4 yr old loved it!

Wonderful Book

I 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.

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 aboard the pirate ship.

One positive:

Jeremy Jacob comes to realize that living like as a pirate means there isn't someone to read him bedtime stories or hold him close when he is scared.

Overall, this is a fun bedtime book but be careful you're not teaching your children bad behaviors and habits along the way.

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