Pirate Pete's Giant Adventure

Pirate Pete's Giant Adventure by Kim Kennedy

This book has a little hint on the cover and in the title of what the story is going to be about. Pirate Pete is a little pirate who floats along in a float-boat with his parrot, dreaming of being a real swashbuckler. He wakes up one day and says that he would do ANYTHING for a real pirate ship, when out of nowhere a sea-fairy appears from the bottom of the ocean and tells him that if he finds the stolen Sea-Fairy Sapphire and brings it back to the Sea-Fairy Kingdom, she would give him a beautiful pirate ship. She tells him to follow the thunder to get to the island where the sapphire is, but warns him that not everything that booms will be thunder...

When he comes upon the sapphire, he wishes for a map that will lead him to the world's greatest treasures, and the world's mightiest sword. His parrot friend tells him to throw it right into the ocean IMMEDIATELY so they can return and get a ship! All of a sudden, a large booming sound shakes the island, and Pirate Pete looks up to see a GIANT hovering over him. He tricks the giant to throw him into the ocean, and when he does, his ship appears almost immediately. This book is perfect for predicting events in a story, teaching and introducing plots in a story, and reading with expression. Teachers could have students predict why he wished for the sword and the map, and what he would do to escape from the giant's strong clutch. Also, students could predict why the sea-fairy warned him about the thunder. To read with expression, teachers could change their voices for each character; the sea-fairy, the pirate, the parrot, and the giant, to show students that every character is different in a story, and in this story that concept is more prominent than in other stories but important nonetheless. Fun adventure!