Book Title: A Pirate Tale
Genre: Children’s Books
Summary: In A Pirate Tale, five small pets make their home on a sailing yacht. (Seriously, who needs people?) One night while on passage, Callie is at the wheel when she spies – OMG – a pirate ship! Read this wee book to learn what happens to Callie and her crew.
Jean Baardsen composed this poem while she, herself, lived on a cruising sailboat. She offers over a decade of adventures in her memoir Voyage: Travels with Tropic Moon.
A Pirate Tale is beautifully illustrated by Inna Nagaytseva. A Ukrainian watercolor artist, now based in Canada, Inna loves to paint the sea, ships, and everything to do with water. Her website is: innanagaytseva.com.
Author Bio:
Jean Baardsen’s motto has long been taking the road less traveled.
- Attended university year-round for three years, graduating with a BA in chemistry.
- Happily married for more than 50 years to hubby, Ed Baardsen.
- Lived and traveled for 14 years, with said hubby, on Tropic Moon, a 42-foot sailboat.
- Sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, twice. (Once you’ve gone across, it makes sense to return.)
- Served ten years as Director of Learning Resources at her local community college.
- Pursued art, particularly fiber arts, with three solo shows, and books showcasing her work.
- Discovered a spiritual life filled with God, spirit guides, and a precious guardian angel.
- Lives in eastern North Carolina, ten minutes from the Atlantic, where she and Ed share their home with two budgies, Benji and Jerry.
Website: jeanbaardsen.com
Email: jeanbaardsen@gmail.com
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