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Ward, Jennifer

There Was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Fish

32 pp. | Amazon | September, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7614-6196-8 $16.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Steve Gray. This revamped rhyme urges readers to watch a pirate's belly grow as he swallows increasingly outlandish nautical objects, including a sail and a mast; swallowing his ship finally does him in. Opportunities for reader predictions make this a good read-aloud. The slick illustrations lack warmth and the characters are unattractively goggle-eyed, but Gray uses perspective in surprising ways.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

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