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Now, the real-life adventures and the myths of the 18th century Pirate King Edward Teach have inspired a thrilling collection of biographical poems by J. Patrick Lewis—collected in a picture-book format that will quicken the pulses and fire the imaginations of young adventurers everywhere. This dramatically illustrated book combines history, adventure, geography, and poetry in a treasure trove of rhymes about Blackbeard and his bloodthirsty seadogs. While Lewis's swashbuckling verse celebrates Blackbeard's mystique, the author's extensive historical note recovers the facts of Edward Teach's life from time-encrusted layers of legend. The spine-tingling poetry also explores many lesser-examined realities amid the mass of mythology inspired by Blackbeard.
About the Author
After nearly three decades as a professor of economics, J. Patrick Lewis turned to poetry. He is the author of more than 75 children's books including A Hippopotamusn't (1990) , BoshBlobberBosh (1998) , Please Bury Me in the Library (2004) , First Dog (2009) , Spot the Plot (2009) , and The House (2009) .He has recently been named the third U.S. Children's Poet Laureate (2011-2013) by the Poetry Foundation.His books have been published by Creative Editions, Knopf, Atheneum, Dial, Harcourt, Little, Brown, National Geographic, Chronicle Books, Scholastic, Candlewick, Schwartz & Wade, Holiday House, Sleeping Bear Press, Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, Dawn Publications, and others. Gulls Hold Up the Sky, his first book of adult poems, was published by Laughing Fire Press (2010) .Pat's children's poems have also appeared in CRICKET (26 times) , SPIDER, LADYBUG, CICADA, ODYSSEY, RANGER RICK, HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN, Ms. Magazine, YOUR BIG BACKYARD, CREATIVE CLASSROOM, STORYTIME, STORYWORKS, CHICKADEE, AHOY, LANGUAGE ARTS, JOURNAL OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, BOOKBIRD, READING TODAY and over 100 anthologies. He wrote the 1992 National Children's Book Week poem, printed on one million bookmarks and distributed nationally. Lewis has received numerous awards from the American Library Association, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and others. He was the recipient of the 2010-11 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Excellence in Children's Poetry Award, presented every two years. WHERE I'LL BE NEXT--Schools, Bookstores, ConferencesOctober 14-16, 2011 Poetry Foundation--TED Lecture Chicago, IllinioisOctober 23-25, 2011 NY State Reading Assn. Rye Brook, New YorkOctober 28-31, 2011 Keystone State Reading Assn. Lancaster, PennsylvaniaNovember 5, 2011 Buckeye Book Fair Wooster, OhioNovember 8, 2011 Ashland University Ashland, OhioNovember 15-16, 2011 St. Joseph's College Rensselaer, IndianaNovember 17-20, 2011 NCTE Convention Chicago, IllinoisDecember 1, 2010 Hillview Elementary Newark, OhioDecember 8, 2011 West Chester University (Dan Darigan) West Chester, PAJanuary 18, 2012 Richard Avenue Elementary Grove City, OhioJanuary 24, 2012 Fouse Elementary Westerville, OhioMarch 1-3, 2012 Charlotte Huck Ch. Lit. Conference Redlands, CaliforniaApril 3-5, 2012 Holland Hall Primary Tulsa, OklahomaApril 12, 2012 Washington-Centerville Public Library Centerville, OhioApril 13, 2012 Stingley Elementary Centerville, OhioApril 17-25, 2012 Anglo-American School
