Pirate's Lullaby: Mutiny at Bedtime

by Marcie Wessels, Tim Bowers (Illustrator)

Overview

Yo, ho, ho! It’s bedtime! But this little swashbuckler will do anything to avoid going to sleep. Read along as he stalls for time—searching for peg-legged Captain Teddy, stowing his toys in the ship’s treasure chest, and even playing a game of walk-the-plank! Snuggle up with your own little pirate for a fun and delightful high-seas adventure as you wind down your exciting day together.

"The rhyming text is filled with pirate dialect, which adds whimsy and fun to the story."—School Library Journal

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780385385329
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	08/25/2015
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	11.10(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD560L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

MARCIE WESSELS is the author of Pirate's Lullaby. She received a BA in English and Spanish from John Carroll University, an MA in Spanish from Bowling Green State University, and a PhD in Latin American literature from Tulane University. She has taught Spanish language and literature at the University of San Diego. She lives with her husband and their two children in San Diego. Vist Marcie online at marciewessels.com.

TIM BOWERS studied at the Columbus College of Art & Design and started his career in an advertising art studio before being recruited by Hallmark to design greeting cards. Since then, he has illustrated over thirty-five children’s books, including Pirate's Lullaby and the New York Times bestsellers Dream Big, Little Pig!, written by Kristi Yamaguchi, and Dinosaur Pet, written by Neil Sedaka and Marc Sedaka. His book illustrations have received many state and national awards. He and his wife live in Granville, Ohio. Learn more about Tim's work at timbowers.com.

Editorial Reviews

"The rhyming text is filled with pirate dialect, which adds whimsy and fun to the story."—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

2015-04-29
On a vessel whose crew numbers two, a young boy uses his formidable avoidance techniques to put off bedtime for as long as possible. When a boy's pirate papa declares in no uncertain terms that it is bedtime, the dance of getting his tiny crewmember down begins. First, "not-so-sleepy Ned" begs for additional time. Then his teddy goes missing. Then there's an outright escape up the mainmast. And even when Papa Pirate gets his miniature mutineer into bed, there are cries for more water, a book, and even a song. Little wonder that it's the weary captain and not his one-man crew who conks out first. Told in gentle rhyming verse, the book never goes beyond the usual sleepy-time tropes. The nautical terms are at times clever (as when the boy objects that he's soon to be "marooned…all alone" in his bed) and at times driven more by rhyme than logic (referring to a merely missing teddy as a "stowaway" doesn't make much sense). Likewise, the art is serviceable if not exciting. Yet for young buccaneers eager for their own adventures on the seven seas, the nonthreatening tone and look will hold a certain lure. Bedtime is already well-bedecked with piratical fare, but no one's going to object to just one more book of this kind, particularly when it's this good-natured. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews