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Being a Captain is Hard Work Reviewed By Conny Withay of Bookpleasures.com
- By Conny Withay
- Published January 19, 2016
- Childrens & Young Adults
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Reviewer Conny Withay:Operating her own business in office management since 1991, Conny is an avid reader and volunteers with the elderly playing her designed The Write Word Game. A cum laude graduate with a degree in art living in the Pacific Northwest, she is married with two sons, two daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren.
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Author: Carole P. Roman
Illustrator: Bonnie
Lemaire
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 978-1-5227-8178-3
“A good friend will
always tell you when you are doing something wrong,” Captain No
Beard is reminded in Carole P. Roman children’s story, Being a
Captain is Hard Work.
Tenth in the “A Captain No Beard
Story” series, this sixty-page square paperback is targeted toward
preschool to early elementary school children and readers who like
pirate stories. With no profanity, scary scenes, or violence, the
book would best be read to beginner readers based on the complicated
words and lengthy reading. The fun, colorful illustrations are easy
to decipher and cover the complete page with a nicely sized black
font wording set usually against white backgrounds.
This continuing tale has Captain No Beard in command of The Flying Dragon where he insists sailing to Dew Rite Volcano during stormy weather with his crew of Hallie, Cayla, Zach, Linus the lion, Mongo the monkey, Fribbet the frog, and Polly the parrot.
While Captain No Beard
is determined to go to the volcano, he is stubborn by refusing to
listen to his crew tell him about different cloud patterns, cooking
during the stormy seas, and putting up the flag during a windy day.
He has to learn fast that he does not know everything, and his crew
sometimes knows more than he does in this wild adventure.
Educating
the reader about several different clouds and their characteristics,
the book also conveys that listening to others is helpful when you
think you know it all.
Some children may become scared of the
crew being on the boat during stormy and icy weather, but the scenes
are not frightening.
Award-winning author, Roman has written
complete series for children of books based on counties and pirate
genre. She lives in New York with her husband and close to her
children and grandchildren. Artist and designer, Lemaire has a
passion creating illustrations for children’s books.
Not
only does this story explain a captain who thinks he knows everything
and realizes he does not, but it also teaches stubbornness and
self-determination. I wish more books showed the differences in
personalities so children could learn at an early age what is
acceptable and what is not.
Playful and charming, the book
offers readers a fantasy of fun while looking at the creative,
expressive designs at it teaches about different cloud patterns as
well as how to understand one does not know everything and others can
help teach new ideas and concepts.
Thanks to the author for furnishing this complimentary book in exchange for a review based on the reader’s honest opinion.