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Bad Pirate
(Bad Pirate #1)
Author
Illustrator
Dean Griffiths
Publication Date
September 18, 2015
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction / 2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
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Description
Barnacle Garrick is bold and saucy and selfish. And for a pirate captain, that's good, very good. And his crew are all scurvy sea dogs--selfish down to the last fleabitten scuttle-butt. And that's good too. But Augusta Garrick is shy, polite, and selfless. For a pirate, that's bad, very bad. Despite her father's horrible example, the sea pup can't stop helping out. It just might take one terrible storm, a ripped sail, a missing peg leg and a panicked crew before Augusta can prove that being selfless is a bold and saucy move after all. And that's good, very good indeed.
A rollicking tale peppered with pirate talk, Kari-Lynn Winters' Bad Pirate is a story about being true to yourself, even if it means you must go against the pack. Dean Griffiths' artwork glows with rich colours, fine detail and spot-on doggie characters. A scurvy delight. For landlubbers, the endpaper design includes a glossary of pirate and sailing terms.
Publication date
September 18, 2015
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781927485712
Publisher
Pajama Press
Series
Bad Pirate
BISAC categories
JUV002070 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dogs
JUV039220 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Values & Virtues
JUV001020 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Pirates
JUV039200 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Manners & Etiquette
JUV039220 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Values & Virtues
JUV001020 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Pirates
JUV039200 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Manners & Etiquette
Kirkus
Starred Review
Wicked smart pacing and playful art tell the tale of a pirate too doggone loyal for her own good....In a story so packed with piratical jargon and growls that even the most staid and sorry landlubbers will become salty dogs while reading it, it's Griffiths' art that takes the wave-swept narrative to another level....Arrrrguably the best piratical dogfight you'll ever sink your teeth into.
ALA/Booklist
Winters spreads loads of drama and humor throughout, and Griffiths' expert illustrations are vibrantly colored and posed. Landlubbers will discover fun details upon multiple readings, which will be welcome as this charming moral turnaround tale is accomplished without a sugar coating. These are despicable sea dogs after all!
School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 2—Among the sea dogs (literal dogs in pirate clothing) on her father's ship, August Garrick is a very bad pirate. Her kind, polite, and helpful actions win her a lecture. "To be a good pirate, yez gots to be saucy," says Captain Garrick. "And yez gots to be bold. But most important, me sea pup, yez gots to be SELFISH!" Scully, a bull terrier with a wooden leg, will see to it, or the Captain will feed him to the fish. So Augusta throws Scully's peg-leg out a porthole while he's sleeping, hoping this selfish act will make her father proud. That night a terrible storm comes up and rips the sails. The ship lists and takes on water. Just as the crew is ready to abandon ship, Augusta climbs the rigging and takes charge. "Less speed!" she calls. "Lads, help me reef the sails!" They obey her, and the ship is saved. Her proud father hugs her. "Augusta, yez be the best pirate I'z ever known—saucy, bold, and SELFLESS!" With its nautical terms and pirate speak, this book is a delight to read aloud. The full color artwork is rich in detail, and the expressive canine faces of captain and crew will bring smiles. VERDICT This seagoing tale with its endearing heroine will be a sure hit with youngsters.—Mary Jean Smith, formerly at Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TN
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