How I Became a Pirate
Melinda Long and David Shannon
"The main reason I got this book to begin with, How I Became a Pirate, is because it had to do - one of the little running themes in the book is the fact that pirates have poor nutrition, bad personal hygiene, and don't brush their teeth; which is an ongoing battle in my house with my two boys. Great story for parents of boys who think that - the boys think that they can do it all on their own. It's funny, it's cute, there's great illustrations.
My kids love it, because there's one particular pirate who has not only one pirate eye patch, but two. So he can't see anything. It's beautifully illustrated. It's a really funny book and it has a very happy ending.
I like the book, because it is a thrilling adventure. It's pretty much based in real life, because the boy, Jeremy Jacob, even though he gets to go on this pirate adventure, he is constantly aware of the fact that he needs to be back in the morning for soccer practice. So there's a lot of, like, realistic elements in the middle of all this fantasy.
I've read so many kids books that stink. It was really refreshing to have one that was so adventurous and yet short enough that you can read it for a bedtime story and not fall asleep yourself.
It's just a great book. It's a great book. There's nothing to not like about it, I mean - there's no girls in it. I'd like it if there were girls in it; because I think girls are highly unrepresented in the pirate genre of story-telling; but other than that, it's a great book.
If five's the highest, I'd give it five stars, because it is, it's a great adventure and it's exactly the right length and that's important with kid's books."
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