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Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABCx$7.67
  (17 reviews)
Best Price: $7.67
The captain of this brave and bumbling pirate crew has ordered them to capture the entire alphabet--and they'll walk the plank if they're missing a single letter! Now these swashbuckling mateys are embarking on an alphabet adventure unlike any other, and they won't (ahem, can't) rest until they've found an A, a Z, and everything in between.
June Sobel's hilarious text and Henry Cole's adventurous animal pirates harmonize in an irresistible book for alphabet-learning, pirate-loving kids everywhere.
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Our favorite alphabet book yet!
By A1XLP39MNU9HBB on 2006-05-29
Our two sons (5 and 2) absolutely love pirates, so we were immediately drawn to this book when we saw it. The whimsical pictures and interesting writing sold us on the book. It isn't written in your typical sing-songy alphabet book rhyme, although the rhyme and rhythm are still there. As parents, my husband and I love the way the kids have to "search" in the pictures to find the letters - for instance, the "S" is in the curve of the blade of a pirate sword and the "O" is a life preserver. Our 2 year old giggles every time we reach the ending (but I won't give that away!) You just can't go wrong with this book.
Whimsical and so much fun!
By A21NVBFIEQWDSG on 2006-05-06
June Sobel is the author of B is for Bulldozer: A Construction ABC. Henry Cole has illustrated more than forty books for children.
What young child isn't captivated by pirates? In Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC, the gang of swashbuckling pirates are ordered by their captain to capture the alphabet. The pirate ship sets sail to search out and seize all the letters of the alphabet. They are determined that no letter will escape!
Sobel's delightful adventure is told in rhyme and children will ask to be read the story over and over again. A by-product is that it is written in such a way that it will contribute to children learning the alphabet. The illustrations are fun and whimsical and greatly add to the story.
Armchair Interviews says: Have some fun reading to your children and help them learn at the same time.
Cute Alphabet Book
By A2H7E7KDI2CU1U on 2006-06-12
This is a cute alphabet book for the preschool set. The letters are cleverly disguised although by no means hidden. My three year old enjoys reading this as pirates have become popular recently with him and his friends. "R said the Captain!" (instead of "argh")
Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC
By A3TCJY1H9K7V2W on 2006-09-06
Loved this book! As a kindergarten teacher, I am always looking for books with an alphabet theme. This book held my children's interest and mine. Some letters easy to spot, others required more thought. Great book for a pirate theme, or a letter p theme.
So much fun!
By A3N1H8BSULHP3U on 2007-01-27
This is an adorable and entertaining book! I did it as a read-aloud to my first grade class and they immediately asked me to read it again. Prior to reading, I asked them if they knew what Pirates said, and they all growled, "ARGH!" which was the perfect lead-in to this story..."R" said the pirate. "R's not enough! We need more letters to make us sound tough!" So the pirates go off in search of the entire alphabet. The pictures and rhyming text make it a very enjoyable story.
- FUN and educational!!
By AV67OSYYHOKI1 on 2007-01-11
We checked this book out at the library at first and my two-year old loved it so much..we decided to order our own copy. He loves to repeat what the pirates say and in the process is learning his ABCs. We read this book several times a day! He loves it and we don't even mind the repetition.
- There's More To The Pirate Alphabet Than ARRR!
By A1DI67ZSLU883A on 2008-03-26
Shiver Me Letters plays off a very cute (and wonderully geeky) joke, the pirate's fixation on the letter "R", as in "ARRRRR!". The pirate captain has decided that his crew needs to expand their horizons beyond just "R". So they lower their anchor ("A"!) at a desert island and set off seeking a buried treasure of letters.
And yes, "X" does indeed mark the spot.
Told in rhyming couplets by June Sobel, this story will have youngsters reading along as they follow the adventures of the pirate crew through the letters of the alphabet. Henry Cole has illustrated the pirates as cute cartoon animals, including a crocodile captain who wears a rubber-ducky floatation device (it even has an eyepatch!).
The illustrations are humorous and colorful, and the text is plain fun as it bounces from one location to the next, covering all of the classic pirate motifs while it moves through the alphabet. To make things even more fun, the letters of the alphabet are hidden in the illustrations, giving a nice treat for visual and artistic learners.
The ending is adorable too.
Alphabet books are great learning tools for young children, and this one has the added advantage of telling an amusing story.
- Fun
By ASOO0T4CEKHGG on 2007-12-20
My 2 year old really enjoys this as he's learing his letters and playing "I spy". Mom and Dad enjoy it too.
- A new favorite
By AJSIN4KC4HCLD on 2008-01-27
Shriver Me Letters has become a new favorite book for my 3 yearold grandson. He loves to find hidden objects in books and that is exctly what the kids do while reading this book. The pirate theme is also perfect at this time and the illustrations are very colorful and fun. We are very happy with our purchase and feel the price was within the normal range for a child's hardback book.
- not just an alphabet book
By A2CBW6ULK3LOUN on 2008-03-03
I really liked this story. My son, who doesn't really love books, asks me to read it again and again.
I enjoyed that it is an actual story and learning the alphabet is a side issue. So many alphabet books just plod through all the letters. In this story, a band of pirates set out to find the letters. It whips through the whole alphabet so nicely that you don't even notice that it is whole point of the book. Each letter is also "hidden" on the page.
A fun book, where you could briefly go over the whole alphabet every night for quite a while before it gets too old.
- Great book!
By A3Q7M057EPV5SU on 2008-05-09
My three year old loves the book about the captain pirate! Fun and educational! He is recognizing the letters already!
- learning made fun, for a four year old
By A1NQKQJ5Q0ITMC on 2008-05-14
This is a wonderful story of a pirate that is in search of all the letters in the alpabet. My grandson delighted in identifying the letters the pirate crew found and searched the page for more letters for them to "catch"....easy source for sharing and learning
- Fun but it could be better.
By A1Q3MTX8APE4GJ on 2008-05-28
I didn't care for this book as much as I liked "Pirate Alphabet." The rhymes are cute in this book, but it didn't seem to really focus on the alphabet as much as the aforementioned book did. This book is about a crew of animal pirates who lose their letters at sea and must find them. The author did not use that many "piratey" words to accompany the letters of the alphabet. I read this book to my son twice to give it a chance, but it failed in comparison. I ultimately gave it away.
- A fun book for small boys and girls
By A12XCJL5AYA0BD on 2008-08-13
Boys and girls from 3 to 8 will love this book. A fun way to learn.
- More than just "R"
By AOTMP0OKJOUWI on 2008-09-25
I love pirates. I love a good alphabet book. This story offers both as a bunch of adorable pirates search after letters as "R" is apparently getting a little old.
The rhyming beat is clever and fun and provides plenty of clues to get one looking for half-hidden letters in the illustrations.
My students could hardly sit on the floor for wanting to crow around me to search for letters.
Adorable and wonderfully illustrated.
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