00872cam a2200241 4500 1147863305 TxAuBib ||||||s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2002006308 9780152018481 0152018484 TxAuBib Long, Melinda. How I became a pirate / written by Melinda Long ; illustrated by David Shannon. 1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt, 2003. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm. Grades K-1. Jeremy Jacob joins Braid Beard and his pirate crew and finds out about pirate language, pirate manners, and other aspects of their life. Red Clover 2004-2005 Nominee. Pirates Fiction. Shannon, David, 1959-, ill.