pirates

An introduction to the world of pirates, reviewing the history of pirating, looking at ships and flags, life on board, pirate attacks, and treasure, profiling some of the most notorious pirates, and discussing their lives on land, their capture and trials, and punishment. Includes a look at pirate fiction, a time line, and numerous pull-out maps, letters, and other movable parts.

Eleven-year-old Oklahoma rodeo champion Danny Ray is sent to the kingdom of Elidor, where he sets sail across the Checkered Sea to rescue a kidnapped queen, despite the enemies found there and the dubious help of the prince and princess.

Captain Jack, Will, and Elizabeth must find the chest holding the heart of Davy Jones in order to escape a terrible sea monster. Features stills from the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.".

Otto and his Uncle Tooth track down the pirate ghost terrorizing Boogle Bay.

While trying to beat their town's "golf club kids" in a treasure hunt, Captain Roger Redbeard, Sniffles the Cabin Boy, and Ellie, a band of modern-day pirates, uncover a real treasure.

Sammy's new pet, a parrot named Polly, is quite boring, but the friends she attracts--another parrot and a ghostly pirate crew--prove to be very exciting.

When he asks his mother, a privateer for Queen Elizabeth, to go to school she insists it be the best one in the world, only it is over four hundred years in the future.

Explores the realities of the pirate life, examining the piracy boom of the early eighteenth century, looking at pirate ships, weapons, attacks, and treasures, and discussing the punishment for captured pirates.

Describes various weapons, gear, and tools used daily by pirates for life onboard their ships and for raiding other ships.