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Pirate Mom (Step into Reading) Paperback – Picture Book, May 23, 2006

by Deborah Underwood (Author), Stephen Gilpin (Illustrator)

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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!

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Appealingly cartoony illustrations suit the silly fun: a winner. -- Kirkus Reviews, April 15, 2006

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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.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition (May 23, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 48 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0375833234
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0375833236
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 7 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 410L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Kindergarten - 3
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.18 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #178,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #833 in Children's Parents Books
- #2,368 in Children's Beginner Readers
- #5,524 in Children's Action & Adventure Books (Books)

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Stephen Gilpin has been working professionally as an illustrator since 2001. He’s illustrated numerous picture books, chapter books, graphic novels and illustrations for a host of clients including Disney/Hyperion, Simon and Schuster, Harper, MacMillan, Scholastic and others. He currently lives in Gas, Kansas with his wife and a whole bunch of kids, pets and chickens. See more of his work at www.sgilpin.com and his comic strip at www.lestrygonians.com.
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Deborah Underwood grew up in Walla Walla, Washington. When she was little, she wanted to be an astronomer. Then she wanted to be a singer. Then she wanted to be a writer. Today her jobs are writing and singing. Two out of three's not bad! (Okay, she also wanted to work in a piano factory and paste the labels on new pianos, but let's just ignore that one.)
Her dad was a math professor, and her mom taught English. Her sister got all the math brains, but some of her mom's word sense rubbed off on her, thank goodness. After college, she moved to San Francisco and became a street musician. Then she worked in an office typing memos for accountants. When the accountants weren't looking, she wrote screenplays. She found that if she glowered at the computer screen and yelled, "Criminy!" once in a while, everyone thought she was typing a very demanding memo and left her alone.
In 2001, Deborah decided to start writing stories for kids. She also began writing children's nonfiction. When a publisher asks her to write a nonfiction book, she usually doesn't know much about the topic. That means she has to learn fast. Now she knows about lots of cool things, like smallpox and orangutans and Easter Island and whether or not it's okay to slurp your noodles in Japan (it is).
When she’s not writing, you might find her singing in a chamber choir, playing a ukulele (very badly), walking around in Golden Gate Park, baking vegan cookies, or petting any dogs, cats, pigs, or turkeys that happen to be nearby.
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Kayley

I actually LOL’d

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2023

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I actually laughed out loud to this book. It’s pretty funny. Hypnosis is what I do for my career so it may have been a little more funny to me( 🤭) but regardless, it’s a silly, cute book and we enjoyed reading it together.

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2019

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I am a reading tutor and I love these books for struggling readers. They are fun, have great illustrations and controlled vocabulary and make them want to read the book, and re-read it, which is unusual for non-readers. The Step into Reading series is great to recommend to parents because they can watch the levels go up and see how they change from one level to the next. I have a number of the Step into Reading books for use.

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Kess

hilarious & great read

Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2015

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My 1st grader son and I absolutely LOVE this book! He cracks up at the little sayings that Pirate Mom says and some things she does. While it's a little longer than most of our other books (mainly because it's our only level 3 book), it's a great read.

He reads 4 pages, then I read two, he reads 4 more, and so on. Of course he needs a little help with some of the words such as "bilge," but for the most part, he can sound them out easily.

Fantastic book for mommy & son to read together! ☺️

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Michael Thomas

Thumbs Up!

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2013

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This book is great for young readers!!! My nephew loves the fun story and the book is perfect for his age/reading level (1st Grade). This is probably more of a 2nd grader book, but if your child enjoys reading and is a little younger, they will enjoy the challenge! :) Perfect for stockings, Easter baskets, or just a "no reason" gift! :)

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Jason

Arrg

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2021

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Good read. A nice step for this level of reading and a subject to keep those growing readers immersed.

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Jennifer Parson

Perfect for my 1st grader

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2021

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My 6 year old first grader loves reading! We laughed together reading Pirate Mom! Cute content, enjoyable and easy to read.

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Beeswax

Cute story

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2017

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Cute story that my 7yr old 2nd grade son really likes. The book is 48 pages long with short paragraphs so it takes him roughly 15min to finish. He really likes the story line and it gets him interested in reading.

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Len Allen

They really liked the harmless silliness of it all

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2014

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Well, the main thing is it passed the "grandchild test" and also their mother's (my daughter's) approval. In fact, when the twins first saw the book they had their Mom read it cover to cover three times in a row. They really liked the harmless silliness of it all, plus some subtle value-principles.

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