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An old ship A sad friend A button An idea Let s SWAP In a young scalawag s first tale of bartering, a peg legged youngster sets out to help his captain repair his vessel One button for three teacups SWAP Two teacups for four coils of rope SWAP And so it goes, until the little swashbuckler secures sails, anchors, a ship s wheel, and including a happy friend Steve Light s intricate pen and ink illustrations, punctuated by brilliant blue and other hues, anchor this clever tale of friendship and ingenuity. New Read Kindle ePUB Swap! By Steve Light – kino-fada.fr This is Caldecott caliber, but probably will be missed by that earnest set of reviewers in favor of some new and trendy piece of nonsense A pirate and his mate son refurbish their vessel by swapping one item after another till the...Read for Librarian Book GroupVery fun story of swapping items for other items and eventually getting what you need The illustrations were grand and this book could possibly double as a coloring book for those with good fine motor skills.First sentence An old ship A sad friend Premise plot Two pirates one adult, one child find a way to fix their old ship by bartering It starts with a red button that falls off of a shirt That button is swapped for two tea cups Those tea cups are swapped for three coils of rope The swaps get progressivelycomplicated Readers may or may not catch on immediately to what is going on Part of each trade is being held back to repair their ship Part of each trade is being used to keep First sentence An old ship A sad friend Premise plot Two pirates one adult, one child find a way to fix their old ship by bartering It starts with a red button that falls off of a shirt That button is swapped for two tea cups Those tea cups are swapped for thre...Steve Light rules Swap is a super fun picture book about taking what you have and swapping for the other stuff you need There are some good math things, not just counting but also addition and subtraction It s kind of like a big silly word... Check outPicture book reviews Perspective of a WriterA little swashbuckler goes a bartering in hopes of helping his captain make his vessel seaworthy One button for three teacups SWAP The art in this is divine My personal favorite type of art is pen and ink The touches of color are perfect and really the art is a budding artist s dream I had SO many favorite spreads in this book The flag swap is so, so gorgeous and the 4 pack squares when they were repairing the ship GAH Of Check outPicture book reviews Perspective of a WriterA little swashbuckler goes a bartering in hopes of helping his captain make his vessel seaworthy One button for three teacups SWAP The art in this is divine My personal favorite type of art is pen and ink The touches of color are perfect and really the art is a budding artist s dream I had SO many favorite spreads in this book The flag swap is so, so gorgeous and the 4 pack squares when they were repairing the ship GAH Of course my nephew had to do the ship And what a job he did The incredible thing is how my nephew grinned from ear to ear once he realized why we were calling out SWAP Each time he d sing song it out and then explain what was traded It did take him a couple pages to realize what was happenin...Ya ampuuuunnn aku suka bangeeeetttt sama ceritanyaAnaknya pintar dan cerdas banget Hanya dari sebuah kancing lalu barter sana sini hingga bisa bikin kapal.Ih pasti gedenya jadi milyuner dehLOOOOOOVE the illustrations Tempted to bump up to 5 just for that because they re so fun to look at The story is cute and fun tooA young boy comes across a ship s captain who is heartbroken because his ship is in such poor shape The peg legged boy decides to help his friend gather the supplies he needs to fix up his ship by swapping or bargaining for what they need They start one one red button off the sailor s coat, which they trade for two teacups The two teacups are traded for three coils of rope Two coils of rope are then traded for six oars and so on and so forth until the boy and the sailor and a monkey have v A young boy comes across a ship s captain who is heartbroken because his ship is in such poor shape The peg legged boy decides to help his friend gather the supplies he needs to fix up his ship by swapping or bargaining for what they need They start one one red button off the sailor s coat, which they trade for two teacups The two teacups are traded for three coils of rope Two coils of rope are then traded for six oars and so on and so forth until the boy and the sailor and a monkey have visited a bunch of islands and gathered all the supplies they need The fun incorporation of math it would be fun to have children see if they can figure out just what supplies the two still have once they are done trading and the detailed illustrations make for a delightful read The judicious use of color also has an important role in leading the reader s eyes to certain aspects of the story It wo...3.8 starsGot this title from a list of best picture books of 2016.A young, peg legged pirate helps his sad friend scrounge up the ingredients to make a new ship to replace the old, worn out ship It all begins with the pir...A series of swaps leads to a new ship Cleverly illustrated and interesting to see the little boy with a peg leg instead of the captain.

Swap!
  • English
  • 26 February 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 40 pages
  • 0763679909
  • Steve Light
  • Swap!