The Newspaper Pirates
Illustrator
Ketch Wehr
Publisher
Flamingo Rampant
Publication Year
2015
ISBN
9780987976321
Pages
34 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When Anthony Bartholomew hears his dads grumble that Newspaper Pirates must be stealing their paper, he decides to solve the problem himself. Watching carefully, hunting for clues and laying traps, Anthony Bartholomew keeps at it until the mystery is solved and the newspaper secured.
Grade Level
PK-1
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Interracial; Gay/Lesbian; interracial parents; interracial family; gay; gay fathers; gay adults; same-sex parents
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
African American / White
Family Formation
two fathers
LGBTQ+
gay males
Keywords
detective and mystery story; pirates; newspaper; traps
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Skelton, J. Wallace, "The Newspaper Pirates" (2015). Diverse Families. 202.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/202