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.
year: 2006, 2003, 2010
call number/section: 910.4, 910, 910.45, 1000
subjects: pirates, history, juvenile literature, seafaring life, toy and movable books, specimens
Editions
Matthews, John
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2006)
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.
Schools: 5
Rees, Celia
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books (2003)
In 1722, after arriving with her brother at the family's Jamaican plantation where she is to be married off, sixteen-year-old Nancy Kington escapes with her slave friend, Minerva Sharpe, and together they become pirates traveling the world in search of treasure.
Schools: 0
Mattern, Joanne
Rourke Publishing (2010)
Schools: 0
Schools: 0
Rees, Celia
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books (2003)
In 1722, after arriving with her brother at the family's Jamaican plantation where she is to be married off, sixteen-year-old Nancy Kington escapes with her slave friend, Minerva Sharpe, and together they become pirates traveling the world in search of treasure.
Schools: 1
Rees, Celia
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books (2003)
In 1722, after arriving with her brother at the family's Jamaican plantation where she is to be married off, sixteen-year-old Nancy Kington escapes with her slave friend, Minerva Sharpe, and together they become pirates traveling the world in search of treasure.
Schools: 1