Pirate Diary

Pirate Diary
Author Richard Platt
Illustrator Chris Riddell
Cover artist Riddell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Diary books by Platt and two illustrators
Genre Children's historical fiction, picture book
Publisher Walker Books
Publication date
 8 October 2001
Pages 64 pp
ISBN 978-0-7445-6233-0
OCLC 47676616
LC Class PZ7.P71295 Pi 2001[1]
Preceded by Castle Diary
Followed by Egyptian Diary

Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter is an account of the pirate life cast as the journal of a young cabin boy, written by Richard Platt and illustrated by Chris Riddell. It was published by Walker in 2001, two years after Castle Diary, also by Platt and Riddell. Platt continued the "Diary" series with illustrator David Parkins.

Pirate Diary won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the professional librarians, recognising the year's best-illustrated children's book published in the U.K. (Riddell),[2][3][4] and the Blue Peter Book Award, Best Book with Facts.[5] It was also silver runner up for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in ages category 6–8 years.[6]

The Greenaway press release celebrated Pirate Diary as an "exciting information book for children from 8 to 14" and the first "information book" to win the illustration Medal since 1975, and called it "a fictionalised account" (quoting CILIP). "[W]hen he spoke with author Richard Platt the harsh necessities of historical accuracy came into play. 'Everything I got excited about got shot down. No parrots, eye-patches or wooden legs. Thank god there were weapons and amputations!'" (quoting Riddell).[3]

Diary series

The Diary series comprises four 64-page picture books that publisher Walker Books labels "Non-Fiction". Author Platt calls them fictional first-person journals (see diary) and calls Castle Diary "my first attempt at fiction".[7]

subtitle Journal of a Young Page in the 2011 paperback set[8]
a boy who goes to work in a castle as a page[7]

Castle Diary was a highly commended runner up for the Greenaway Medal, recognising Riddell's illustration.[9][lower-alpha 1]

PZ7.P71295 Cas 1999 http://lccn.loc.gov/98042779
Castle Diary in libraries (WorldCat catalog) (first US)
subtitle Journal of a Cabin Boy in the 2011 paperback set[10]
an apprentice sailor, impressed by pirates as a cabin boy[7]

Platt won the Blue Peter Award, Best Book with Facts,[5] and Riddell won the Greenaway Medal for illustration.[2][3][4]

PZ7.P71295 Pi 2001 http://lccn.loc.gov/00065198
Pirate Diary in libraries (WorldCat catalog) (first US)
subtitle Journal of a Young Scribe in the 2011 paperback set[11]
the third first-person journal, a whodunit featuring corruption and robbery[7]
PZ7.P71295 Eg 2005 http://lccn.loc.gov/2005046911
Egyptian Diary in libraries (WorldCat catalog) (first US)
subtitle Journal of a Young Slave in the 2011 paperback set[12]
a Greek girl taken by pirates for sold in Rome; "fourth and final book in the Diary series"[7]
PZ7.P71295 Rom 2009 http://lccn.loc.gov/2008935660
Roman Diary in libraries (WorldCat catalog) (first US)

Walker re-issued all four books March 2011 in a matching set with anonymous subtitles, classified as "Non-Fiction", and recommended for readers age 7 and up. [8] [10] [11] [12]

Notes

  1. ↑ Today there are usually eight books on the Greenaway shortlist. According to CCSU, some runners up through 2002 were Commended (from 1959) or Highly Commended (from 1974). There were 31 highly commended runners up in 29 years including Riddell and Lauren Child in 1999.

References

  1. ↑ "Pirate diary: the journal of Jake Carpenter" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  2. 1 2 (Greenaway Winner 2001). Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  3. 1 2 3 "Renowned political cartoonist scoops Greenaway for first information book to win in 27 years". Press release 12(?) July 2002. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  4. 1 2 "Background on Chris Riddell and Pirate Diary". Press release 12(?) July 2002. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  5. 1 2 "Mortal Engines announced as Blue Peter Book of the Year 2003". BBC Press Office. 2003-12-16. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  6. ↑ "Nestlé Children's Book Prize". Booktrust. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Richard Platt. For Platt's blurb about a particular book, select "My Work", a subsection (Castles, The Sea, or History for the Diary series), and a cover image. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  8. 1 2 Castle Diary at Walker Books. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  9. ↑ "Kate Greenaway Medal". 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  10. 1 2 Pirate Diary at Walker Books. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  11. 1 2 Egyptian Diary at Walker Books. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  12. 1 2 Roman Diary at Walker Books. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
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