# How to Be a Pirate - Hardcover

by **Isaac Fitzgerald** (Author), **Brigette Barrager** (Illustrator)

_**A National Bestseller**_

**A beautiful, generous, fun collaboration of story and illustration and pirate tattoos. Seriously wise pirate advice for everyone. - Jon Scieszka, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature**

CeCe dreams of being a pirate. When the neighborhood boys tell her that she can't, she wonders where to begin. Luckily, she suspects her grandpa must know something about being a pirate--why else would he have all those tattoos?

As he shares each tattoo, Grandpa and CeCe are transported from adventure to adventure, and CeCe discovers that there are all kinds of ways to be a pirate--Be **BRAVE** Be **QUICK** Be **INDEPENDENT** And **FUN** \--and most of all, whether you're a pirate or not, the most important thing you can do is to **BELIEVE IN YOURSELF**.

This heartwarming and imaginative story from Isaac Fitzgerald and bestselling illustrator Brigette Barrager is a vibrant, joyful expression of what it means to be all kinds of wonderful things . . . including a pirate.

### Author Biography

**Isaac Fitzgerald** has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. After making a bunch of cool things for the internet, he now writes books and lives in Brooklyn, New York.  
www.isaacfitzgerald.net  
@IsaacFitzgerald (Twitter)  
@isaac.fitzgerald (Instagram)

**Brigette Barrager** is an award-winning artist, character designer, illustrator and writer of children's books, best known for illustrating the bestselling _Uni the Unicorn_ by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Brigette earned a degree in character animation from the California Institute of the Arts, where she now teaches. She lives and works in Los Angeles with her handsome husband, a grumpy little dog, and two rascally gray kitties.  
www.brigetteb.com  
@missbrigette (Instagram)

**Number of Pages:** 40

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 10.2 x 10.3 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** March 03, 2020

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** How to Be a Pirate

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 2

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 17.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective

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