How I Became a Pirate by Melinda LongThis is one of the first children's books that I remember falling in love with as an adult. I read it for the first time in college and I not only loved the story line, but the pictures as well. I've since come to love much of David Shannon's (illustrator) work.
Jeremy Jacob wants to become a pirate and he has just that chance. At first it is everything he's dreamed it would be, but he quickly decides maybe it wasn't the best vocation after all. I mean, no bed time stories? no goodnight kisses? no toothbrushes? and always having to swab the poop deck? No thanks! The author creatively tells this plot and writes in such a witty way that at the end you're left wondering if Jeremy Jacob actually did all these things or if it was all his imagination. Another prime example of children's literature that is meant to be enjoyed by adults as well.
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