The Dark Frigate
by Charles Boardman Hawes
Age: 12+
Interests: ships, pirates, adventure, action, violence, travel, history, British history More
The Dark Frigate
30 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 12+ Tags: action, adventure, boats, British history, crime, history, orphans, pirates, travel, violence
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
17 Jan 2013 3 Comments
in Books, books 4+, books 7+, Classics Tags: adventure, boats, circus, horses, ocean, pirates, royalty, toys, travel
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
by Ursula Moray Williams
originally published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1938
253 pp. – 19 chapters
Age: (read to) 4+ ; (independent reading) 7+
Interests: horses, toys come to life, travel, adventures, pirates, circus
by the same author: Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat, The Further Adventures of Gobbolino and the Little Wooden Horse
Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter
25 Sep 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: action, adventure, American history, bad behavior, boats, British history, history, ocean, pirates, travel, violence
GREENAWAY AWARD WINNER – 2001
Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter
Richard Platt, text
Chris Riddell, illustrations
Candlewick Press: Cambridge, MA, 2001
112 pp.
Age: 9+
Interests: pirates, history, sailing, ships, adventure, ocean
Also by this author and illustrator: Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess
Also by this illustrator: Ottoline and the Yellow Cat, Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver”
The Great Piratical Rumbustification
28 Jun 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+ Tags: libraries, parties, pirates, robbers
The Great Piratical Rumbustification & The Librarian and the Robbers
Margaret Mahy, text
Quentin Blake, illustrations
J.M. Dent & Sons, 1978
2 stories: 41 and 18 pages
Age: 6 +
Reading Level: 8 +
Interests: pirates, parties, robbers, libraries, humour
Also by this author: The Dragon of an Ordinary Family, A Lion in the Meadow, The Seven Chinese Brothers, The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate
Small Saul
11 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+, Canadian books Tags: adventure, boats, pirates, trying to fit in
BLUE SPRUCE nominee – 2012
Small Saul
by Ashley Spires
Toronto: Kidscan Press, 2011
32 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: pirates, adventure, travel, ships, ocean, being unique, trying to fit in
Also by this author: Binky the Space Cat
How I Became a Pirate
22 Aug 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: adventure, boats, ocean, pirates, soccer, treasure
by Melinda Long
illustrated by David Shannon
Orlando: Harcourt, 2003
34 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: pirates!, ships, ocean, adventure, soccer
Also by this author and illustrator: Pirates Don’t Change Diapers
Also by this illustrator: No, David! (Diaper David series), A Bad Case of Stripes, Alice the Fairy
Pirate Girl
08 Aug 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: boats, ocean, pirates, strong girls
Cornelia Funke, author
Kerstin Meyer, illustrator
New York: Scholastic, 2003
30 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: pirates, strong girls, ocean, boats
Also by this author: Inkheart Trilogy, Picturebooks: The Princess Knight, The Wildest Brother, Princess Pigsty More
Top 5: Pirates (for Preschoolers)
01 Jun 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, Movies, Quick Lists Tags: pirates
Just because your preschooler is interested in pirates doesn’t mean you should be plugging in The Pirates of the Caribbean! (Unless they are fearless enough to really be a pirate.) Here are some terrific pirate movies and books for the younger set…
5 MOVIES
1. Peter Pan (1953) – 4+ (on amazon)
2. Muppet Treasure Island (1996) – 4+ (on amazon)
3. Return to Never Land (2002) – 4+ (on amazon)
4. Treasure Island (1950) – 5+ (on amazon)
5. Captain Blood (1935) – 6+ (on amazon)
5 BOOKS
1. Captain Pugwash, by John Ryan – 3+ (on amazon)
2. Come Away From the Water, Shirley, by John Burningham – 3+ (on amazon)
3. The Pirate and the Penguin, by Patricia Storms – 3+ (on amazon)
4. How I Became a Pirate, by Melinda Long – 4+ (on amazon)
5. Pirate Girl, by Cornelia Funke – 5+ (on amazon)
More on pirates to come. I’m collecting titles for a comprehensive Pirate Overview…
Captain Pugwash: A Pirate Story
24 May 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: adventure, boats, ocean, pirates, treasure
by John Ryan
London: Bodley Head, 1957
32 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: pirates, ships, ocean, treasure
Sequels: Pugwash Aloft (1960), Pugwash and the Ghost Ship (1962), Pugwash in the Pacific (1963) – and many more
The Serpent Slayer; and Other Stories of Strong Women
16 May 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+, Gender Differences Tags: adventure, Fairy Tale, folktales, pirates, Princess, strong girls
retold by Katrin Tchana
illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2000
109 pp. – each individual story averages about 6 pages
Age: 5 + (some stories suitable for 4)
Interests: folk tales, princesses, pirates, fairy tales, magic, other cultures
Other books by this illustrator: St. George and the Dragon, Rapunzel
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