Imagine You're a Pirate

By Meg Clibbon

Book Overview

Did you know that some pirates are big and strong while others are thin and cunning? Pirates can come in many different shapes and sizes, but all are very, very wicked This amusingly twisted guide tells you just what you need to be a pirate: an eye patch, a hook, a handkerchief, and an earring. Pirates look for treasure, steal ships, and need to know how to walk a plank. There s so much more to say about pirates (not the least of which is that they like to drink lots of grog and then sing pirate songs). Children will devour the information in this book. It is funny and entertaining, amusingly twisted, and will appeal to the insatiable interest in the wicked world of pirates."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155037740X
• ISBN13: 9781550377408
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Annick Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 9.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 2

Customer Reviews

I may have to walk the plank, though...

I absolutely agree with Mr. Stapleton's review. The book is a visual delight of fun, textured and imaginative illustrations. The text draws you back to a time when you remember jumping from bed to bed, pretending to swing from your pirate ship onto a merchant galleon. Here's where you'll make me walk the plank. I work with an after-school program. I chose this book to read in a general setting, to a group of children not related to me. I decided against it because of the mermaids and the graphic (though cartoony) violence. But... Twist me wiskers an' polish me hook! The book is sooo much fun! Lucky for me, I have nephews to share it with!

Cute and Light Hearted

Factual content is nearly non-existent, but so what; this is a very fun book. The artwork is bright and glittery, styled in the manner of something drawn by a grade school child. The text makes light of the pirate life, while not making it seem like fun and games (rule number one of the Pirate Code is Never be kind to children). The content is laced with the various myths of pirate life, everything from walking the plank to buried treasure.All in all this is a fun book for young children, and I emphasize young, with an interest in pirates. For reading of a slightly more factual nature I recommend Eyewitness: Pirate.P-)