BOOK PICKS.Byline: The Register-Guard "How I Became a Pirate" By Melinda Long; illustrations by David Shannon David Shannon (b. October 5, 1960, Washington, D.C.) is an American author and illustrator. He was born in Washington, D.C but grew up in Spokane, Washington. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design and now lives in Los Angeles. Harcourt, 2003 Ages 4 to 8 Children's Book Week was in November, and at Riverbend Elementary School elementary school: see school. we started our celebration with all staff members dressed as favorite book characters. It's no great surprise that three of us dressed as pirates. It's so much fun to talk and act like a pirate - and with a trip to Goodwill, it's pretty easy to dress like a pirate, too. Melinda Long knows that children share our fascination with these rapscallions and rogues of the sea. In this story, Jeremy Jacobs Jeremy Jacobs, Sr., perhaps best known as the owner of the Boston Bruins, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Delaware North Companies, a global leader in hospitality and food service and one of the largest privately held companies in North America[1]. is digging in the sand and enjoying a day at the beach with his family when he spies a pirate ship on the horizon. The pirates row to shore looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the Spanish Main. When Jeremy tells the pirate chief Braid Beard that they've landed at North Beach, Braid Beard responds, "Shiver me timbers! We must have taken a wrong turn at Bora Bora." Braid Beard and his motley crew are looking for a digger (to help them bury their treasure, of course), and Jeremy fills the bill. Braid Beard yells to his crew, "He's a digger, he is, and a good one to boot!" (`A GOOD ONE TO BOOT!' the others agree.) The chief hoists Jeremy onto his shoulder and off they go. Jeremy's sure his parents won't mind - as long as he's back for soccer practice the next day. Being a pirate is great. Nobody makes Jeremy eat vegetables, brush his teeth or go to bed on time. In fact, things don't start going bad until Jeremy asks the chief to tuck him in and read him a bedtime story. No deal. As Braid Beard puts it, "Pirates don't tuck." (`NO TUCKING!' the crew cries.) As for reading a story, the only thing the pirates have to read is a map. A big storm hits, the ship's mast breaks and the pirates don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how they'll be able to bury the treasure. Jeremy can help! He knows the perfect place: his own backyard. David Shannon's illustrations of bug-eyed, "scurvy scurvy, deficiency disorder resulting from a lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in the diet. Scurvy does not occur in most animals because they can synthesize their own vitamin C, but humans, other primates, guinea pigs, and a few other species lack an enzyme dogs" with green teeth aren't too scary for little ones, and the big smiles on Braid Beard's and Jeremy's faces let kids know this is all in fun. Avast a·vast interj. Nautical Used as a command to stop or desist. [From Middle Dutch hou vast, hold fast : hou, houd, imperative of houden, to hold + vast , mateys! Sail to your school or public library and pirate this gem away! - Susan Jewett, librarian Riverbend Elementary School, Springfield |
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