I stayed up so late reading this book and loved every minute of it. Just don’t be mad when they don’t come down to dinner because they need to see what happens next. However, it was only used the one time.Įven though Daisy and the Pirates is a children’s book, as you can see it’s definitely enjoyable by adults as well.

I’m sure kids know swears by middle school, but now that I’m a parent I don’t like the idea of a swear word in a children’s book. The one and only thing I didn’t like about this book was it had the word ‘bitch’ in it. She made me want to take a survival course, or at least watch some more Discovery channel so I’ll be better prepared. Unless you’re really short, it’s probably not going to go above your head.ĭaisy knew so much above roughing it outside it put me to shame! For instance, how to make fire, how to find fresh water, how to fish using Kon-Tikis, and that you should smoke out where you’re going to sleep at night to get rid of bugs and other unseemly creatures. It’ll still take a while for you to get out of, but keep it calm. (Google it.) Also, did you know that quicksand is usually only a few feet deep? Movies like to exaggerate so if you ever get stuck in some, calm down and you’ll probably hit bottom. For instance, I learned what Naples Syndrome is. My husband learned a lot as well because I would tell him all the random facts I picked up. (Location 367 on Kindle)Īlthough this was a children’s book I actually learned a lot. I remember thinking, I’ve just been shanghaied by real pirates and shipwrecked and with any luck we’ll be castaways for the whole school year. As a typical kid, she’d love to miss as much school as possible. Or perhaps I should say that Daisy made me laugh. At the end of one of his projects, the ship the family is on gets kidnapped by pirates! Then there’s a storm and they all get shipwrecked. Their dad is an archeologist and is always working in remote locations. She spends the school year with her mom, but she and her older sister spend the summer with their dad. She knows how to survive, and thrive, on a desert island.

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Daisy and the Pirates by J.T. Allen