This fantasy picture book is about a young boy and his grandfather who love to sail upon their ship, the Sloop John B. In the story, on their latest trip, they come upon pirates who board their ship. The boy and his grandfather try to hide, but that doesn't work out so well for them. As they battle the pirates, help is on the way, but will it get there in time?I found the illustrations to be fabulously colorful and exciting. Many span both pages, practically dripping from the page edges! While I enjoyed the actual story itself, the cadence and rhyme scheme tended to throw me off. It doesn't follow any strict pattern, which I expected it to as I read the first two pages of Sloop John B, A Pirate's Tale.
A picture walk and story telling would be a fun, but enriching activity you could do with kindergartners with this story. Prior to reading the text, simply cover the words on each page and have the students "read" the illustrations, telling you the specifics, as they see them. That would be characters they see, where they are, and what's happening. Then go back and read the text with them,
noting what they got right.
While this has not been my favorite text, I feel like some activities would make it a good read for students in your class.
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