How will Penny prove to her brother that she's a pirate not a pest?
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HOW CAN BENNY PRETEND to be a brave pirate when his pesky little sister, Penny, wants to tag along and is always asking for a hug? He tries to lose her, but when he does, he starts to feel a little lost himself. Penny proves her bravery and saves Benny from a bug. They hug as Benny explains he was only pretending she bugged him.
ISBN-13 978-0-9799238-0-7 ISBN-10 0-9799238-0-8
LEXILE LEVEL: GN 90 GUIDED READING LEVEL: G READING RECOVERY LEVEL 11-12
GEOFFREY HAYES lives in San Francisco, California. He has written and illustrated over forty children’s books, including the extremely popular series of Otto and Uncle Tooth Mystery Readers (over a million copies sold), the classic Bear By Himself, the Patrick Bear books, and many beginning reader adventures. He also illustrated Margaret Wise Brown’s When the Wind Blew.
“The sweet, delicately colored illustrations have an old-fashioned feel that gives the familiar sibling story a timeless quality…The text uses a limited but rich vocabulary with sufficient repetition to help with word recognition, and children will easily recognize its message while appreciating Benny’s change of heart at the story’s close. A charmer that will invite repeated readings.”
