Pirates have green teeth--when they have any teeth at all.
I know about pirates, because one day, when I was at the
beach building a sand castle and minding my own business,
a pirate ship sailed into view.

So proclaims Jeremy Jacob, a boy who joins Captain Braid Beard and his crew in this witty look at the finer points of pirate life by the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator David Shannon and the storyteller Melinda Long. Jeremy learns how to say "scurvy dog," sing sea chanteys, and throw food . . . but he also learns that there are no books or good night kisses on board: "Pirates don't tuck."

A swashbuckling adventure with fantastically silly, richly textured illustrations that suit the story to a T.