| Uncle Pirate Reprint Edition Contributor(s): Rees, Douglas (Author), Auth, Tony (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1416947639 ISBN-13: 9781416947639 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: It's not every day that a pirate -- and his talking penguin -- show up at the front door! But that's exactly what happens when Wilson's long-lost uncle comes to live with his family. Desperate Evil Wicked Bob and his sidekick, Captain Jack, are not ordinary houseguests. They're not ordinary "anything," Uncle Pirate is having a spot of trouble adjusting to life on land. And Captain Jack wants to go to school to learn to read. Unfortunately, Very Elementary is as far from shipshape and Bristol fashion as a school could be. Until Uncle Pirate steps in, that is.... Set sail for a classroom adventure from mollymockery to mathematics in this story of a boy who has what "every" kid wants -- a pirate for an uncle. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006039003 |
| Lexile Measure: 450 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.1" W x 7.4" (0.20 lbs) 112 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 123417 Reading Level: 3.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Desperate Evil Wicked Bob, a pirate, and his talking penguin, Captain Jack, come to live with Wilson and his parents, life suddenly gets more exciting. But the fun really begins when Captain Jack starts attending Very Elementary, a school as far from shipshape and Bristol fashion as a school could be. With a little bit of imagination and a lot of humor, Desperate Evil Wicked Bob turns mollymockery into mathematics, and young Wilson gets what every kid wants--a pirate for an uncle. |
Contributor Bio(s): Auth, Tony: - Tony Auth has been the editorial cartoonist for the Philadelphia Enquirer since 1971. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his work in 1976, as well as five Overseas Press Club Awards and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Distinguished Service in Journalism. His cartoons are distributed around the world by Universal Press Syndicate.Rees, Douglas: - Douglas Rees is a librarian who resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is also the author of Grandy Thaxter's Helper, Uncle Pirate and Uncle Pirate to the Rescue, as well as two novels for older readers, Lightning Time and Vampire High. Visit him online at DouglasRees.com. |