What if you met a Pirate? by Jan Adkins
Summary:
The author explains what life was really like aboard a pirate ship. Lively illustrations depict the more demanding chores the sailors actually performed: braiding each others hair and pumping out the bilge water, hard work and few baths. The book presents pirate lore, and information on their ships and equipment. This book is a fun look into life on the high seas. It will definitely appeal to young readers.
Read it Again?
I would read this book again. It had great detailed illustrations of Pirates and their ships. I learned a lot about Pirates and what they used to sail and what they did all day. This was a very good informational book.
Library Use:
This book would be a great resource for research on Pirates. Boys would really enjoy all of the details included in this book.
Reviews:
Each double-page spread is headed by a question, such as "Who got to be a pirate?" and "How did pirate ships sail?" The answers are provided in a clear text that presents basic facts about pirate life while dispelling some familiar legends ("walking the plank" was never an actual pirate practice). The color illustrations have a rugged quality well suited to the subject matter. Glos., ind. Copyright 2003 of The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.
Gr. 3-5. Can it be that walking the plank was a fictional punishment invented by illustrator Howard Pyle? In this appealing book, Adkins gives readers the lowdown on what life under the pirate flag was really like. After setting up the conventional portrait of swaggering, singing sailors in colorful duds, he replaces it with a more realistic picture of hard-working sailors who might swashbuckle just a few hours each month and bathed considerably less. Yet this realistic portrayal of pirates and their activities is even more intriguing than the romanticized version he debunks. Adkins strikes just the right note in the text, always informative and frequently entertaining as well. Bright with color washes, the excellent, energetic drawings show pirates engaged in a variety of activities, from pumping out the bilge to braiding each other's hair to using the open-air bathroom at the front of the ship. In a send-up of current book marketing, the back cover carries appreciative comments by the likes of Queen Elizabeth I and Leonardo da Vinci. Where pirate fever runs high this spirited presentation will find an enthusiastic audience. For more titles, see the Read-alikes, Ship Ahoy! BKL S 1 04. --Carolyn Phelan Copyright 2004 Booklist |
References:
www.mackin.com
Bibliography:
Adkins, J. (2004). What if you met a pirate? Connecticut: Roaring Book Press
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