Introduce elementary readers to famous pirates and pirate history in this interesting and informative nonfiction reader. Through colorful images, fascinating facts, informational text, and compelling stories, children will learn about famous pirates such as Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, Black Bart, Edward Low, Lady Mary Killigrew, and Mrs. Cheng. This book also includes text features such as a table of contents, glossary, and index, as well...

Describes life as a cabin boy aboard a pirate ship.

Describes the life of a pirate aboard a ship as well as the members of the crew such as the captain, quartermaster, master gunner, surgeon, powder monkey, and cabin boy. Discusses how they spend their day while sailing, how they sleep, and what they eat. Also provides information on their punishments and the treasures they discovered on other ships.

Briefly examines the history of the golden age of piracy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, why people chose to become pirates, and how and why the pirate age ended.

Explores the various weapons and gear used by pirates as they captured and plundered ships, from rigging and compasses to pistols and axes. Includes a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.

Upon her mother's death, fifteen-year-old Catherine puts her courage and strength to the test by disguising herself as a boy to join her father, a pirate captain, on a ship whose crew includes men who are trying to steal a treasure from him.

On his first sea voyage away from the magical city of Cassaforte, seventeen-year-old Nic Dattore awakens to find the vessel overrun by marauding pirates-and everyone else on board kidnapped or killed. After slaying the pirate who attacked him, Nic tosses a torch into a cache of gunpowder and blows up the ship. Washed up on a deserted island, Nic and a motley crew of castaways decide to commandeer the pirate ship to get home. They battle pirates, assassins,...

Gary the Stegosaurus want to be a pirate. But when he gets the chance, things do NOT work out. Getting seasick is the least of Gary's worries conce he's on that ship! Includes discussion question and dinosaur facts.--Provided by Publisher.

Simple text and color illustrations depict a pirate on an adventure.

Explores the various codes and rules used by pirates to control ships fairly, and divvy out the treasure equally. Includes a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.