Provides an introduction to the history of why pirates became pirates.

"Describes the life of pirates, including their ships, weapons, treasures, and food"--Provided by publisher.

Text and bird's-eye-view illustrations follow the action on a pirate ship throughout the year, from loading cargo, to setting sail, through an island idyll, to shipwreck. Includes challenges for readers.

This book is a collection of biographies of women pirates.

"In Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury - bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood - is ready to take her life into her own hands. When a man is hanged for piracy in the town square and whispers of a treasure in the Caribbean spread, Hannah is forced to flee for her life, disguising herself as a cabin boy in the pitiless crew of the notorious pirate Edward "Ned" Low. To earn the freedom to choose...

When Davy Jones accidentally drops a cannonball and it causes a hole in the ship, he doesn't admit to his mistake right away. The ship fills with water before Davy bravely tells the captain what he did. Everyone works together to save the ship, and Davy learns an important lesson. Includes notes for parents and teachers, suggested activities, and a list of resources.

Richard Hughes's celebrated short novel is a masterpiece of concentrated narrative. Its dreamlike action begins among the decayed plantation houses and overwhelming natural abundance of late nineteenth-century Jamaica, before moving out onto the high seas, as Hughes tells the story of a group of children thrown upon the mercy of a crew of down-at-the-heel pirates. A tale of seduction and betrayal, of accommodation and manipulation, of weird humor...

Profiles pirates throughout history, especially women pirates of Europe, America, and Asia, such as Princess Alvilda, Ingean Ruadh, Grany Imallye, Elizabeth Killigrew, Anne Bonny, and Lai Cho San.

Learn how the adventures of real-life renegades like Captain Kidd and Henry Morgan led to the creation of such fictional pirates as Captain Jack Sparrowand the inspiration for modern-day pirates in Somalia.

Tank is a clumsy, outgoing Great Dane, and Haggis is a bored, curmudgeonly Scottie--so one afternoon Tank suggests they turn the wagon in the backyard into a ship and play pirate.