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How I Became a Pirate
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 bes...more
Hardcover, 44 pages
Published
September 1st 2003
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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I can't say enough good things about this book. My son developed a love of pirates at the age of 3 and found this book hilarious. The pictures are amazing and the story is quite entertaining. There is enough substance to this picture book for a an older child to enjoy as well. I think this book would be appropriate enough for children up to 3rd grade. Our young hero, Jeremy Jacob is at the beach with his family when a band of pirates notice what a good digger he is. He is asked to join them ...more
What kids doesn't want to have a pirate experience. Sailing the seas without a care in the world would be a blast. How I Became A Pirate is a great read and a great adventure.
Jeremy Jacob is on the beach creating a sand castle when he spots a pirate ship at sea. When the pireates come ashore they discover they took a wrong turn. As Captain Braid Beard admires the great digging job that Jeremy did with his castle, they ask him to travel along with them. Jeremy learns to speak pirate a...more
Jeremy Jacob is on the beach creating a sand castle when he spots a pirate ship at sea. When the pireates come ashore they discover they took a wrong turn. As Captain Braid Beard admires the great digging job that Jeremy did with his castle, they ask him to travel along with them. Jeremy learns to speak pirate a...more
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While at the beach, a young boy named Jeremy Jacob looks up from his sand castle to find a pirate ship approaching the beach. He tries to tell his family, but they are all too busy, and no one notices when the pirates pull up in their rowboat and ask Jeremy if they have reached the Spanish Main. When he says no, they are at North Beach, the pirate captain notices Jeremy's sandcastle. They need a good digger, so they invite Jerem...more
While at the beach, a young boy named Jeremy Jacob looks up from his sand castle to find a pirate ship approaching the beach. He tries to tell his family, but they are all too busy, and no one notices when the pirates pull up in their rowboat and ask Jeremy if they have reached the Spanish Main. When he says no, they are at North Beach, the pirate captain notices Jeremy's sandcastle. They need a good digger, so they invite Jerem...more
This is the story of Jeremy Jacob and his adventures in becoming a pirate. While spending the day at the beach with his family, Jeremy is chosen by a group of pirates to join them on their ship because of his wonderful digging skills. Jeremy immediately decides to become a pirate because of the joys he thinks it will bring him, as long as he gets back for his soccer practice the next day. Jeremy comes to enjoy the customs of being a pirate, especially the lack of table manners and having no bedt...more
Little boys are so into pirates right now I thought How I Became A Pirate was a fun book to review! This book has great artwork and a good story with some lessons in it, like saying please and thank you and brushing your teeth so they don’t turn green and fall out! Beware though, this book can make your little boy run around the house saying, matey, chanteys, landlubber and scurvy dog! Boys can also learn that being tucked in is good along with having someone read you a story!
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Author: Melinda Long
Illustrator: David Shannon
Genre: Fiction Picture Book
Publication Info: Harcourt, Inc. : 2003
Reading Level: Early Transitional
Topic/Theme: Adventure
Issues Addressed: It is not always greener on the other side of the fence.
Classroom Uses: Read Aloud, Individual Reading
Summary: Jeremy Jacobs is at the beach with his family. He sees a pirate ship land ashore. The pirates see tha...more
Illustrator: David Shannon
Genre: Fiction Picture Book
Publication Info: Harcourt, Inc. : 2003
Reading Level: Early Transitional
Topic/Theme: Adventure
Issues Addressed: It is not always greener on the other side of the fence.
Classroom Uses: Read Aloud, Individual Reading
Summary: Jeremy Jacobs is at the beach with his family. He sees a pirate ship land ashore. The pirates see tha...more
Approximate Interest Level/Reading Level: Mid Elementary
Format: Picture Book/Wordless
Awards: ALA Notable Books for Children (2004), Notable Books of the English Language Arts (2004), Book Sense Book of the Year Award (2004)
Young Jeremy finds himself in the company of pirates while playing on the beach. He decides to go with them, enjoying himself immensely because as a pirate he now gets to do whatever he wants. After while though, he starts to miss the com...more
Format: Picture Book/Wordless
Awards: ALA Notable Books for Children (2004), Notable Books of the English Language Arts (2004), Book Sense Book of the Year Award (2004)
Young Jeremy finds himself in the company of pirates while playing on the beach. He decides to go with them, enjoying himself immensely because as a pirate he now gets to do whatever he wants. After while though, he starts to miss the com...more
ALA Notable Children’s Book
Book Sense 76 Pick
Florida Reading Association Children's Book Award
IRA-CBC Children’s Choice
NAPPA Honors Award
Nick Jr. Family Magazine Best Book of the Year
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award
Parents’ Choice Gold Award
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Award Winning Illustrator, David Shannon
Grades 1st through 3rd.
How I become a pirate will capture the imagination of any youngste...more
Book Sense 76 Pick
Florida Reading Association Children's Book Award
IRA-CBC Children’s Choice
NAPPA Honors Award
Nick Jr. Family Magazine Best Book of the Year
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award
Parents’ Choice Gold Award
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Award Winning Illustrator, David Shannon
Grades 1st through 3rd.
How I become a pirate will capture the imagination of any youngste...more
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Braid Beard and his crew show up at Jeremy Jacobs house ready for an adventure. Jeremy decides to go on an adventure with the pirates. At first he loves being a pirate no veggies and all the freedom, until he realizes that they don't read and as for tucking him in at night they don't do that either. When the adventures bring Jeremy home they bury treasure in the backyard and off they go. Jeremy was on the pirates team and he found out that is wasn't so bad.
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Jeremy was at the beach with his family. In the water he saw what he thought was a pirate boat and it was they landed on shore right by him. They saw he was a digger and took him to bury their treasure. Jeremy loved being a pirate especially because nobody told him what to do. But then no one tucked him to bed, read a story nor gave him a good night kiss. Being a pirate was not as good as he thought. A storm caused them to turn back and head to shore. The treasure was buried in Jeremy’s own back...more
A cute, funny book about a little boy who meets pirates while at the beach with his parents. It's a safe choice for preschoolers who are interested in pirates because of all the pop culture hype, but who aren't ready for the violence of real pirates stories.
I have seen this book suggested numerous times. And so this really may be the book that separates me from boys, or boy readers. I have always believed somewhere in my heart that there should not be a great distinction. But this book was too much for me - as far as illustrations! I think I may just like Shannon in small doses like "No David". This: too much for me, too vivid, too scary, too many! It wasn't the story line, which seems kind of a Peter Pan-like version (ripoff~) it was ...more
My four year old daughter and I both LOVE this book. Great illustrations (I can say that of anything David Shannon does), perfect storyline for the younger pirate lover... just excellent. I enjoy the fact that this book has so much humor and a tender message. Some pirate books focus more on the scarey, tough pirate image, which I suppose is fine for older kids but is too much for the younger set. On the other hand, this is funny enough to appeal, I would think, to kids in the middle elementary g...more
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What a fun book that explores the hot topic of being a pirate! When you introduce this book to your class, I guarantee it'll raise the level of fascination and creativity among your students. How I Became a Pirate is a wonderful book that can easily be used to explore predication and cause & effect. It'd also make a great fill in the blank writing piece. For example, " I became a pirate when I....." Kids will love the different elements of exploration with this book, and will be encour...more
Long, Melinda. How I Became a Pirate. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt, Inc. 2003. Print.
How I Became a Pirate is the tale of Jeremy Jacob, who while building a sand castle on North Beach met a group of pirates lead by Captain Braid Beard. The pirates admired his sand digging skill so much is they take them with him on their journey. So Jeremy Jacob went on the ship and learned how to eat and talk like a pirate. Soon the ship hit a storm, so they turned back ...more
So, here you are, digging on the beach, when some pirates show up and ask you to join the crew. Do you say yes? DO YOU SAY YES??? Heck, is the Pope a bear? Of COURSE you say yes!
(Wait... the Pope's not a bear, is he? Well, nevermind.)
I mean, pirates are GREAT. They eat whatever they like (of course, the lack of vegetables is probably why they get scurvy, you might wanna mention that), they don't brush their (green) teeth, they have no bedtime... they don't tuck you into b...more
(Wait... the Pope's not a bear, is he? Well, nevermind.)
I mean, pirates are GREAT. They eat whatever they like (of course, the lack of vegetables is probably why they get scurvy, you might wanna mention that), they don't brush their (green) teeth, they have no bedtime... they don't tuck you into b...more
Nice little bit of serendipity here--one of my 1st grade teachers came in today to see if I would mind letting the library be the host for a treasure box that is the culmination of a treasure hunt for a couple of classes--which of course I didn't. The serendipity? I had just "discovered" that this story, which I had read with my son a few years back, was now available as an on-line readalong through Tumblebooks. I showed it to her via our ActivBoard and she was TICKLED! It's the p...more
How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long and David Shannon is a gotta-have book for every imaginative boy or girl. It's a colorful picture book that is told from the viewpoint of Jeremy Jacob, a little boy of probably five or six.
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The illustrations in this book are bright and wonderful! Jeremy becomes a pirate for one day and realizes that he does not have to brush his teeth ("maybe that's why their teeth are green"), put on his pjs, and anything else he doesn't want to do. However, he misses reading a book before sleeping and having family that cares about him. Although he enjoys his adventure as a pirate, he is glad to be a kid at home in the end. This book is nice for a read aloud and to have in the classroom...more
Sean and I picked How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long from a recent Scholastic book club catalogue. We both enjoy pirate stories.
In How I Became a Pirate Jeremy Jacob is at the beach with his parents when he sees a pirate ship sail by. The pirates invite him to join them and he agrees. See Jeremy has exceptional digging skills from all his sandcastle building and the pirates are in need of a digger to help them find their treasure!
The book is a good mix of adventure and...more
In How I Became a Pirate Jeremy Jacob is at the beach with his parents when he sees a pirate ship sail by. The pirates invite him to join them and he agrees. See Jeremy has exceptional digging skills from all his sandcastle building and the pirates are in need of a digger to help them find their treasure!
The book is a good mix of adventure and...more
I love pirate talk and this book has a lot of it. But it's the perfect kind of pirate talk for young children. They don't talk about drinking rum, fighting bandits or stealing from other ships ... it talks about pillow fights, staying up late and burying treasure!
Sweet, little Jeremy Jacob spies a pirate ship while making a sand castle and goes on board to help them find a place to bury their treasure (arrrgh matey). He soon learns that the life of a pirate is the life to lead! You d...more
Sweet, little Jeremy Jacob spies a pirate ship while making a sand castle and goes on board to help them find a place to bury their treasure (arrrgh matey). He soon learns that the life of a pirate is the life to lead! You d...more
This is a really fun book about a boy who becomes a pirate, but realizes that though piracy is fun, the pirate life is not for him. He misses his family and his life back home. This is a great book for a read aloud because the language is pirate-y and you can do the voices. There are also repetitious parts where the pirates parrot their captain, and those are always fun for the rest of the class to shout along with (to keep their attention). The illustrations in this book are also amazing.
This imaginative book is a great read-aloud if you are comfortable with Pirate-Speak. Captain Braid Beard and his crew have a lot to say and do...and a young boy loves their pirate lifestyle (no vegetables, no baths, no bedtimes) until it is bedtime and there is no one to tuck him in, read him a story, or give him a goodnight kiss - besides he has to get home for soccer practice. David Shannon' illustrations kept the kids eyes glued to the pages and had them laughing out loud.
How I Became a Pirate By Melinda Long
Long, M (2003). How I Became a Pirate. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Inc.
Illustrated By: David Shannon
Summary: this is a fun and colorful story. Toddlers and children will love this story because it lets them experience what life, as a pirate would be like. The story is about a little boy that joins a pirate crew. He does not have to be polite and has no bedtime, every child’s dream. But life is not all its cracked up to be on a pirate ship.
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Long, M (2003). How I Became a Pirate. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Inc.
Illustrated By: David Shannon
Summary: this is a fun and colorful story. Toddlers and children will love this story because it lets them experience what life, as a pirate would be like. The story is about a little boy that joins a pirate crew. He does not have to be polite and has no bedtime, every child’s dream. But life is not all its cracked up to be on a pirate ship.
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Parley loves to pretend he is a pirate, so this was my gift to him this Christmas. The pictures are detailed and fun to look at and we always have to search for the pirate who wears eye patches on BOTH eyes. I really like the story because it captures the "fun" of being a pirate without the scary aspects. The clean pirate talk makes it enjoyable to read aloud. Plus, young Jeremy Jacobs decides that he'd rather go home instead of staying with the pirates! Arghhhhh!
This was the perfect read aloud after returning from the pirates exhibit on our recent field trip. This imaginative story got my kids so engaged! We laughed together at the amazing illustrations! I definitely have to work on my pirate talk before I read it out loud again! Booklist Review states: "Along with swashbuckling humor and fantasy, kids will find much to relate to and appreciate--from excitement and family comforts to the joy of playing soccer."
A clever fantasy about a boy who longs to become a real pirate, but once his wish is granted he misses the comforts of home. The boy is taken aboard a lost pirate ship because of his digging skills, and helps the pirates find a place to bury their treasure. Through the story he learns to appreciate his regular life, teaches the pirates to play soccer, and makes it home in time for soccer practice. Humorous illustrations by David Shannon are well suited to the playful text.
We read this fantastic book in honor of "National Talk Like A Pirate Day!" This book is so colorful, fun and exciting! I love how it shows the great and not so great parts about being a pirate. It also teaches children about helping each other and making the right decisions. The illustrations are just beautiful and if you take time to really look at the detail of the pictures, so much more is reviled in Jeremy Jacob's adventure!
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