Pirate-Themed Posters To Encourage Reading

Ahoy all ye book lovers! Lewis Maire Elementary, in Michigan, had a poster contest to raise awareness about reading. Every year, the school celebrates March is Reading Month by inviting an author to visit, and then the students read throughout the month (with pledges) to raise money toward the March of Dimes. Part of this year’s festivities included a challenge to create posters that encouraged reading, based on the children’s book A Pirate’s Quest and movie The Riddle in a Bottle. Why not use pirates and ocean creatures to encourage reading? Laura and Robert Sams, the authors of the book, were fortunate to be the authors visiting and judge the posters. They were impressed - lots of great ocean creatures, like the octopus holding books in his tentacles. They particularly liked the student who created “book-head” sharks, which look like hammerhead sharks, but have books for heads.  There were also many animated pirates hooked on books, with reading treasure, sailing to reading destinations . . . Here are a few of the students’ pirate and ocean reading masterpieces.