PreSchool-Grade 3-Another flight of piratical fancy with young Jeremy Jacob and the motley crew from How I Became a Pirate (Harcourt, 2003). Jeremy Jacob, supposed-to-be babysitter, is distracted from keeping an eye on his snoozing sister by the boisterous, baby-wakening arrival of Captain Braid Beard and his men, who have come in search of the treasure formerly entrusted to our suburban buccaneer. They need his help to find their loot, and he needs their help to mind Bonney Anne. Unfortunately, pirates are unfamiliar with nappies, and num-nums, and naptimes, so there are a lot of funny faux pas and hysterical, histrionic looks-particularly when it''s discovered that the baby''s made a snack of the all-important X-marks-the-spot map. All''s well that ends well, though: the brigands'' booty is recovered, and their reward to Jeremy Jacob will become the birthday gift he wraps up for his mom. Long''s dialogue makes for a rollicking read-aloud, and Shannon''s signature artwork is a vibrant concoction of rowdy colors; Magoo-eyed, snaggle-toothed characters; and a baby who bears an unsettling resemblance to Alfred E. Newman. Yo-ho-ho!-Kathy Krasniewicz, Perrot Library, Old Greenwich, CT