How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long and David Shannon
Age 3-7
This book uses children’s imagination to its fullest. It is a great book for taking children into a dream world. On the inside cover written by the librarians it says the book is suitable for ages three to seven years old. Personally, I would not suggest this book to kids lower than five years old. I don’t think they would get it because there are some harder words for example: battening, swabbing, and moat. I don’t think a three and four year old would know what any of these words are. Also, some of the pictures are kind of scary especially for a three year old.
The pictures weren’t perfect, which I liked, for example some pictures weren’t colored in all of the way and some edges were kind of jagged so it looked as if someone had drawn right on to the page. I liked the imperfections of the illustrations because it gives the realistic idea to kids that their art doesn’t have to be perfect either. I enjoyed the detail of the pictures which made the pages interesting to look at. I thought the use of space on the pages worked well. There was one page that had pirates lining the edges as a border so even the top was lined; the pirates were just upside down.
I liked how if the pirates all said something as a group such as: “Down the hatch” or “Aargh! Soccer!” then the font changed and got much larger. I think this helps for new readers who are reading aloud so they know when to change their tone and it helps add emotion to their reading skills. This was a great overall book, however I think it’s a little more advanced reading than a three or four year old.
Age 3-7
This book uses children’s imagination to its fullest. It is a great book for taking children into a dream world. On the inside cover written by the librarians it says the book is suitable for ages three to seven years old. Personally, I would not suggest this book to kids lower than five years old. I don’t think they would get it because there are some harder words for example: battening, swabbing, and moat. I don’t think a three and four year old would know what any of these words are. Also, some of the pictures are kind of scary especially for a three year old.
The pictures weren’t perfect, which I liked, for example some pictures weren’t colored in all of the way and some edges were kind of jagged so it looked as if someone had drawn right on to the page. I liked the imperfections of the illustrations because it gives the realistic idea to kids that their art doesn’t have to be perfect either. I enjoyed the detail of the pictures which made the pages interesting to look at. I thought the use of space on the pages worked well. There was one page that had pirates lining the edges as a border so even the top was lined; the pirates were just upside down.
I liked how if the pirates all said something as a group such as: “Down the hatch” or “Aargh! Soccer!” then the font changed and got much larger. I think this helps for new readers who are reading aloud so they know when to change their tone and it helps add emotion to their reading skills. This was a great overall book, however I think it’s a little more advanced reading than a three or four year old.
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