Pirates

A list of suggested titles for this summer's Reading is an Adventure Challenge: Pirates. Features picture books, chapter books, and non-fiction.

Updated June 21, 2024
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Peter and the Starcatchers
Barry, Dave.
Paper Book
Don't even think of starting this book unless you're sitting in a comfortable chair and have lots of time. A fast-paced, impossible-to-put-down adventure awaits as the young orphan Peter and his mates are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They set sail aboard the Never Land, a...
The word pirates
Cooper, Susan
Paper Book
A ravenous band of pirates who eat words for breakfast gobble up the world's greatest stories. But never fear--the Word Wizard and the children she reads to are on the case! Pirate Captain Rottingbones and his crew need breakfast. But these pirates can't have just any ordinary...
Henry and the Crazed Chicken Pirates
Crimi, Carolyn.
Paper Book
BOWK! Buccaneers and book lovers will squawk with laughter as Henry and his hare-brained crew face another high-seas adventure. Barnacle Black Ear and his band of Buccaneer Bunnies are back! The floppy-eared scallywags are busy — shooting one another out of cannons;...
Pirates in pajamas /
Crowe, Caroline.
Paper Book
The fun-loving pirates on board the Leaky Parrot love to wear pajamas! They have frilly ones and spotted ones, green ones and pink ones. These swashbucklers love to take bubble baths, dance in their pajamas, and have pillow fights. Climb on board for the most exciting pirate pajama party ever!
Tiger Lily and the secret treasure of Neverland
Dimaline, Cherie
Paper Book
Welcome to Neverland--where an unforgettable adventure is about to begin . . . Tiger Lily and her community, the Indigenous people of Neverland, possess a unique ability: they can choose to grow up. But for now, Tiger Lily is enjoying being thirteen, spending time with her...
The stern chase /
Flanagan, John
Paper Book
Follow the Brotherband in a battle against an Iberian pirate raiding ship in the latest exciting tale in the Brotherband Chronicles from John Flanagan, author of the internationally bestselling Ranger's Apprentice series! The Herons are home in Skandia--preparing to celebrate two...
Pirate stew /
Gaiman, Neil.
Ebook
Misty Gordon and the mystery of the ghost pirates
Kennedy, Kim.
Paper Book
Here is a funny middle-grade mystery from a bright new fiction talent.   Things in the New England town of Ashcrumb are getting weird. Or just weirder. Misty Gordon, whose antique-dealing parents drive a van that says "D.E.A.D." on the side (for "Deceased's Estate and Antique Dealer...
I love my pirate papa
Leuck, Laura.
Paper Book
It's a yar vessel that can carry this crew of burly pirates, the captain, and his scrappy little son. From the crow's nest to the hold, from the high seas to the island of buried treasure, this boy hangs out with the mostnbsp;rough-and-tumble of rogues. And at the end of each day, he gets tucked...
Pirates don't change diapers /
Long, Melinda.
Paper Book
When the pirate crew turns up at Jeremy Jacob's house and accidentally wakes his baby sister, that wee scallywag howls louder than a storm on the high seas. Sure, there's buried treasure to be found, but nobody's digging up anything until Bonney Anne quits her caterwauling. So, quicker than you can...
Pirates past noon /
Osborne, Mary Pope.
Paper Book
Archie and the pirates
Rosenthal, Marc
Paper Book
Ahoy, landlubbers, prepare yerselves for a rip-roaring adventure . . . with a shipwrecked monkey, a sweet-singing ibis, a ferocious tiger, and a band of rough, smelly, no-good pirates! Coconuts fly, danger lurks, and only one clever monkey can save the day: Archie!
Of salt and shore /
Schaap, Annet,
Paper Book
For fans of The Hazel Wood, this middle grade novel takes the dark stuff of fairytales and crafts it into a powerful story of friendship and light. "Once I picked the book up, I didn't set it down until I finished it with tears in my eyes. . ." --The New York...
Abigail Adams, pirate of the Caribbean
Sheinkin, Steve
Paper Book
WARNING: DO NOT BELIEVE THE STORY YOU'RE ABOUT TO READ. Well, you can believe some of it. There is some real history. But also hijinks. Time travel. And famous figures setting off on adventures that definitely never happened--till now. Time is getting twisted, and it's up...
Robinson /
Sis, Peter,
Paper Book
Hans Christian Andersen Award winner and three-time Caldecott Honoree Peter Sís delivers an epic tour de force and his most beautiful, accessible work to date!A boy who loves adventure. A mysterious ocean journey. A remote island wilderness.Discover what surprises await in this beautiful...
Treasure island /
Stevenson, Robert Louis,
Paper Book
The pirate jamboree
Teague, Mark
Paper Book
Ahoy! Your little mateys will shout and "aargh" along with the pirate jamboree!A fun, rhyming, swashbuckling read-aloud from Mark Teague! Join Blackbeard Johnson, Eyepatch Sue, Cap'n Gunderboom, Peg Leg Jones, and more as they set their sails for a rousing pirate adventure! They arrive on their...
Bad pirate /
Winters, Kari-Lynn,
Paper Book
Her pirate-captain father reminds her to be bold and saucy and selfish, but Augusta can't help being shy, polite, and helpful; in short, a bad pirate. But when a terrible storm puts the crew in danger, Augusta is bold enough to be true to herself and show that a good pirate can be selfless,...

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