A Pirate's Guide To First Grade (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
This book is incredible! I read it to my boys the day before my oldest started kindergarten. Immediately the language of the book sucks you in and begs to be voiced by a thick accented buccaneer. We got to the end and went straight back to the beginning to read it again! This time we spent more time looking at the pictures. The illustrations in this book are pure genius! They bring a young boy's imagination to life -- a clear and perfect companion to the text.Of course my favorite part was last night when I tossed the book to my husband, who is usually reluctant to read to the boys (because I'm so good at it?). He consented before knowing he was being asked to perform, but to my amazement took out his best deep, gravely pirate voice and put on a show for a captivated audience. He outdid my pirate rendition considerably! It was amazing! What a wonderful book and a wonderful memory! This one is definitely going on my list for the book shelf! Ever wonder how the imagination runs rampant in young minds. This book looks into the mind of a first grade boy on his first day of school. He imagines that he is a pirate. The pirate theme is carried out throughout the entire story and pirate talk fills the pages of this book. This is a book perfect for a read aloud in a first grade classroom as it is geared directly at first graders. This book will help teachers explain that imagination has a place in the classroom, but it has to take a back seat at some point to learning. I think that this book was very cute. It uses words the way a pirate would say them and while this may be difficult for students to read and understand by themselves, it is the perfect book to help create a great lesson plan as a teacher. The few things that really stood out to me from this book were the writing style, the pictures, and the plot overall. The writing style was different and would definitely keep the interest of young readers. The pictures were very colorful and made the children in the story look life-like. The author also included pictures of pirates in the background to help show what the boy was imagining. I felt that this was a great way of illustrating the story. The plot overall was good. It kept myself, as an adult reader, interested to see what happened at the end of the story. Overall a great book for the first day of school, and definitely age appropriate for first graders. As a teacher, this book allows you to role play for your students and make the lesson fun for them by giving you the ability to dress as a pirate and explore the open seas (the students' imaginations) with them.
What do You think about A Pirate's Guide To First Grade (2010)?
Arrr! This book is just for fun, Matey. Aye, there need be no other reason.
—Jengill
Lots of pirate vernacular make this a fun book to share and read aloud.
—jules2598
