How to Be a Pirate -- Isaac Fitzgerald, Hardcover

A National Bestseller

A beautiful, generous, fun collaboration of story and illustration and pirate tattoos. Seriously wise pirate advice for everyone. - Jon Scieszka, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

CeCe dreams of being a pirate. When the neighborhood boys tell her that she can't, she wonders where to begin. Luckily, she suspects her grandpa must know something about being a pirate--why else would he have all those tattoos?

As he shares each tattoo, Grandpa and CeCe are transported from adventure to adventure, and CeCe discovers that there are all kinds of ways to be a pirate--Be BRAVE Be QUICK Be INDEPENDENT And FUN --and most of all, whether you're a pirate or not, the most important thing you can do is to BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.

This heartwarming and imaginative story from Isaac Fitzgerald and bestselling illustrator Brigette Barrager is a vibrant, joyful expression of what it means to be all kinds of wonderful things . . . including a pirate.

Author: Isaac Fitzgerald
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 03/03/2020
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.20h x 10.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781681197784
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 511936 / How to Be a Pirate


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 12/02/2019

About the Author

Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. After making a bunch of cool things for the internet, he now writes books and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
www.isaacfitzgerald.net
@IsaacFitzgerald (Twitter)
@isaac.fitzgerald (Instagram)

Brigette Barrager is an award-winning artist, character designer, illustrator and writer of children's books, best known for illustrating the bestselling Uni the Unicorn by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Brigette earned a degree in character animation from the California Institute of the Arts, where she now teaches. She lives and works in Los Angeles with her handsome husband, a grumpy little dog, and two rascally gray kitties.
www.brigetteb.com
@missbrigette (Instagram)