Pirate Mom (Step into Reading) - Softcover

Underwood, Deborah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375833234 ISBN 13: 9780375833236

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2006

Synopsis

Join Pete, whose mom has been hypnotized to believe she's actually a pirate, on his adventure to get his mom to remember who she really is!

Yo ho ho! Pete loves pirates, but his mom thinks they are rude and messy. Then Pete and his mom go to see the Amazing Marco, and Marco hypnotizes Pete’s mom into thinking she’s a pirate! Now Pete’s mom won’t behave. She chases the neighbors. She steals underwear off other people’s clotheslines. She’s even flying the Jolly Roger over the house. Pete has to find the Amazing Marco. He wants his real mom back!

About this title

About the Author:

Deborah Underwood is the author of numerous fiction books for children, including A Balloon for Isabel, Pirate Mom, Part-Time Princess, and the New York Times bestsellers Here Comes the Easter Cat, The Quiet Book, and The Loud Book. She has written more than 25 nonfiction books for children, and her work has appeared in National Geographic Kids, Ladybug, Spider, and Highlights for Children. She lives in Northern California with her cat, Bella.

Stephen Gilpin has been working as an illustrator and cartoonist since 2000 and has nearly 20 picture books and chapter books under his belt. Gilpin is known for Sneezy the Snowman, Even Firefighters Go to the Potty, Pirate Mom, 100 Snowmen, and more.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2–Pete loves to play pirates, but his mom never wants to play along. Her latest plan to get out of it includes tickets to see the Amazing Marco. When it is time for the Hypno-Trance, it is, of course, Petes mother who is called up on stage. Marco asks what she should be turned into and Pete calls out, A pirate! Suddenly, Marco is called away. His wife is having a baby and Petes mom is left as a pirate. There are many pages of her shaking her mixing spoon, her eye ablaze (the other eye has a black patch), and shouting at people. The worst part is when the PTA arrives for their meeting and she demands their loot. Pete then rushes her to the hospital, where the Amazing Marco restores her to her former self. In the end, Pete receives two more tickets from the magician to make up for his trouble. With fairly realistic illustrations but a dry plot, there is nothing particularly bad about Pirate Mom, but there is little to recommend it, either.–Susan Lissim, Dwight School, New York City
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About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0375833234
• ISBN 13: 9780375833236
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Gilpin Stephen