Yes, Jack Plank started out to be a pirate. His shipmates all liked him, and their ship, Avarice, was certainly very beautiful. But after a while it was clear that Jack wasn't much good at plundering. He just didn't have the knack for it. So what to do? Jack did the only thing he could do-he went ashore to look for another line of work. The town was called Saltwash, on the Caribbean coast, and he had a lot of helpful advice from the people in Mrs DelFresno's boarding house. Somehow, though, each career he looked into ...
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Yes, Jack Plank started out to be a pirate. His shipmates all liked him, and their ship, Avarice, was certainly very beautiful. But after a while it was clear that Jack wasn't much good at plundering. He just didn't have the knack for it. So what to do? Jack did the only thing he could do-he went ashore to look for another line of work. The town was called Saltwash, on the Caribbean coast, and he had a lot of helpful advice from the people in Mrs DelFresno's boarding house. Somehow, though, each career he looked into seemed to have something wrong with it. And every night at dinner in the boarding house, he tried to explain why. For who would want to work where there might be a troll, or flirt with the danger of getting a crab caught in your beard? Or what about a music-loving crocodile? There were other things, too, that ran against every suggestion and took the wind out of his sails. At last, Jack sadly decided he wouldn't be good at anything onshore and would have to go back to sea, pirate or not. But sometimes, as you probably know already, things work out very nicely when you least expect it.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Jack Plank Tells Tales (Hardcover in CELL WRAPPED dust jacket condition good-ex-library book WITH THUS SUCH MARKINGS-COPYRIGHT 2007-FIRST EDITION ) by Natalie Babbitt (Author)--MICHAEL DI CAPUA BOOKS book review;... Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. Jack Plank Tells Tales (Hardcover in CELL WRAPPED dust jacket condition good-ex-library book WITH THUS SUCH MARKINGS-COPYRIGHT 2007-FIRST EDITION ) by Natalie Babbitt (Author)--MICHAEL DI CAPUA BOOKS book review; Well, Jack Plank isn't actually on board his pirate ship anymore, being a victim of cost-cutting measures--i.e., he got laid off. He now lives at a rooming house, where he manages to tell a story at dinner every night, always in connection with his ongoing efforts to find a new career (aided and abetted by a child, of course). I thought Jack Sparrow had spoiled me for every other pirate imaginable, but then I met Jack Plank and fell in love all over again. Not that Jack is glamorously bizarre; instead he is as kind and gently funny as a favorite uncle. Kids will just plain like the stories, based on premises such as a shipmate who turns into something rather more aquatic than a wolf on full-moon nights or the little girl on a deserted island who's been raised by seagulls. The delivery is so relaxed that when you're finished, you find yourself thinking back through the book as it slowly dawns on you what an amazing collection of stories this really is--all at a level that can be appreciated as a read-aloud by 5-year-olds, 12-year-olds, and everything in between. As for grown-up readers, they can enjoy Natalie Babbitt's notoriously superb craftsmanship. For example, pay attention to the snippets of clever commentary from the dinner guests following each tale. It is said that the best practitioners in any field make their art seem effortless, and this non-aggressive, non-flashy piece of writing fits the bill. True, Jack Plank Tells Tales doesn't have the deep-sea philosophical implications of the classic Tuck Everlasting, but it doesn't need them: it surfs the waves of human nature with a humor and grace and affection often sadly missing from today's children's books.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x0x8; No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear to boards and jacket; The author of the Newbery Honor Book "Tuck Everlasting" delivers a new adventure about a young man who started out to be a pirate, but just didn't seem to have the knack for it and seeks a new career. Illustrations.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0545004969. Text is clean. Cover and dust jacket show limited wear. Previous owner gift sticker on second front free endpaper. Second printing.; 128 pages.
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Near Fine. Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 128 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Near fine dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped. First Edition / First Printing. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.
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Book Octavo, hardcover, fine in fine yellow pictorial dj. By author of "Tuck Everlasting". First American Edition. A former pirate has a tough time finding work when he gives up the sea. Very funny and well-illustrated by this popular children's author. 129 pp.
