Books with title the purple Pirate

The Irate Pirate The Irate Pirate is a fun, funny, uplifting story written in a way that children aged 4 to 8 will love, and students of all ages will enjoy, and benefit from reading. Its wonderful illustrations make the story come alive, and leave a lasting impression of the story and “what we’ve learned”. Like all the stories from Best Story Alive, there is an important life lesson that rides easily along with the tale.Petie is a “pirate-to-be”, the beloved only child of pirate parents. Growing up in a pirate community, and going to Pirates Training Academy, it seems that Petie’s seafaring future is shiny and bright. EXCEPT, Petie decides that he doesn’t really want to be a pirate. It’s a real-life situation that students often face: how do we follow our dreams when they conflict with the expectations and good intentions of friends, loved ones, and authority figures? Step by step, in an easy, enjoyable way, Petie shows the readers, and reminds us all, how to handle what can often cause children so much stress. And worse (perhaps) is that Petie doesn’t really know what he wants to do, which often happens to children as well. How do we know what our interests are? How can a student find something that will keep him or her engaged and employable? These are challenges all students face, and, often, they lack role models. In The Irate Pirate, Petie provides an approach that is simple, practical and effective. Teaching us the best way to ask for help from others, The Irate Pirate shows students how to handle that, as well. Why another “Pirate Story”? It may help to know its origin. As an avid Words-with-Friends player, the author (whose distant relative, Alfred Butts, invented Scrabble) was stuck with some low-potential letters. “Irate” was the optimal word to spell, and so the play was started. But, as all players know, the only thing worse than a low-point move is, creating an opportunity for your opponent. Looking for a suffix letter that could be played on the “double word” square where “irate” began, the author recognized that a “p” could lead to a high score. But, “irate” and “pirate” don’t complement each other well, compared to “ump” and “pump”. Why? Intrigued by the mismatched words, it seemed a nice book title. Yet, aren’t all pirates irate? But, what if this pirate was young? What could make a young pirate “irate”? Then, The Irate Pirate became so much more than a “cute” book title. The puzzle quickly came to 1. A common, timeless challenge, or two2. A set of valuable coping skills that can be learned in an easy, memorable way3. A realistic role model to help students learn4. Loveable, believable characters that add humor and fun So, Petie came to life. We hope you love him and his story as much as we enjoyed bringing him to you. At Best Story Alive, we create fun stories for living and learning. We believe that education is foundational, and reading is the key building block. Children love to learn, and stories are one of the most effective ways to develop understanding. In our stories, we address real-life challenges such as handling a bully, dealing with disappointment, and trusting ourselves. We feel children are happiest when they are given a chance to do their best, being proud of their unique qualities, and accepting the common experience of being human.

The Pirate is a novel by Walter Scott, based roughly on the life of John Gow who features as Captain Cleveland.[1] The setting is the southern tip of the main island of Shetland (which Scott visited in 1814), around 1700. It was published in 1822, the year after it was finished and the lighthouse at Sumburgh Head began to operate.Mr Mertoun and his son had arrived as strangers, and resided for several years in the remaining rooms of the old mansion of the Earls of Orkney, the father leading a very secluded life, while the son Mordaunt became a general favourite with the inhabitants, and especially with the udaller, Magnus Troil, and his daughters. On his way home from a visit to them, he and the pedlar Snailsfoot sought shelter from a storm at the Yellowleys' farmhouse, where they were amused with their penurious ways, and encountered Norna, a relative of Magnus Troil who was supposed to be in league with the fairies, and to possess supernatural powers. The next day a ship was wrecked on the rocky coast, and, at the risk of his life, Mordaunt rescued the captain, Cleveland, as he was cast on the beach clinging to a plank, while Norna prevented his sea-chest from being pillaged. Cleveland was in fact a pirate, but they did not know this. The captain promised his preserver a trip in a consort ship which he expected would arrive shortly, and went to seek the udaller's help in recovering some of his other property that had been washed ashore. After the lapse of several weeks, however, during which the Troils had discontinued their friendly communications with him, Mordaunt heard that the stranger was still their guest, and that they were arranging an entertainment for St John's Eve, to which he had not been bidden...

The Irate PiratePetie is a young pirate-in-training until one day…when he begins to doubt that he is cut out for this life. After making a list of pros and cons, Petie realizes his moral dilemma: he cannot steal from others, yet that is exactly what his destiny tells him he must do.Author James Edward Best’s humorous, warm writing in The Irate Pirate helps young readers, ages four to ten, deal with challenges that most of us face: How do we comfortably pursue our dreams when they conflict with the expectations of others? How do we tell our loved ones, friends, peers, and those in authority about our decision and receive their responses? Never preachy, Best offers children not clear-cut answers but ways of examining problems so that they can evaluate and choose the best response for themselves.

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The circumstances in which “The Pirate” was composed have for the Editor a peculiar interest. He has many times scribbled at the old bureau in Chiefswood whereon Sir Walter worked at his novel, and sat in summer weather beneath the great tree on the lawn where Erskine used to read the fresh chapters to Lockhart and his wife, while the burn murmured by from the Rhymer’s Glen. So little altered is the cottage of Chiefswood by the addition of a gabled wing in the same red stone as the older portion, so charmed a quiet has the place, in the shelter of Eildon Hill, that there one can readily beget the golden time again, and think oneself back into the day when Mustard and Spice, running down the shady glen, might herald the coming of the Sheriff himself. Happy hours and gone: like that summer of 1821, whereof Lockhart speaks with an emotion the more touching because it is so rare,—

Georgia can swim like a dolphin, do back flips of the gangplank, climb the rigging like a monkey and battle with swords like any swashbuckling pirate. She is the daughter of one of the most famous pirates on the seven seas and he thinks that girls should wear pink and stay out of trouble. But Georgia proves girls can do anything they want to be, if they believe in themselves.