{"id":669,"date":"2012-03-11T21:14:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T01:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/?p=669"},"modified":"2021-08-14T10:38:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T14:38:07","slug":"pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Few of us want our babies to grow up to be pirates. When it comes to social responsibility, compassion, and moral rectitude, practically anybody is a better role model. Pirates fight with cutlasses, use objectionable language, consume unhealthy foods and beverages, and steal stuff. They are totally reprehensible.<\/p>\n<p>No wonder kids love them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e98996126b8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e98996126b8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/pirates\/#SCIENCE_MATH_AND_PIRATES\" >SCIENCE, MATH, AND PIRATES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/pirates\/#IMAGINARY_PIRATES\" >IMAGINARY PIRATES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/pirates\/2\/#REAL_PIRATES\" >REAL PIRATES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/pirates\/3\/#PIRATES_ON_STAGE_AND_SCREEN\" >PIRATES ON STAGE AND SCREEN<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/pirates\/3\/#PIRATE_ACTIVITIES\" >PIRATE ACTIVITIES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/pirates\/3\/#PIRATE_SHIPS\" >PIRATE SHIPS<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SCIENCE_MATH_AND_PIRATES\"><\/span><strong>SCIENCE, MATH, AND PIRATES<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>It is possible to become a certified pirate at MIT. (Yes, really. A certified pirate.) Students who take four physical education courses conferring piratical skills \u2013 pistol, archery, sailing, and fencing \u2013 are officially deemed pirates and given a printed certificate to that effect. Read about it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/mit-pirate-program\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/mit-pirate-program\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-and-scientists-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-and-scientists-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-and-scientists.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>As well as athletic, pirates are also surprisingly scientific. (Well, sort of.) In Gideon Defoe\u2019s clever and hysterically funny <em>The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists<\/em> (Pantheon, 2004), the pirates \u2013 known only by descriptors (the pirate with gout, the pirate with the accordion, the pirate with a scarf) \u2013 under the command of their luxuriantly bearded, but somewhat dim, Captain, mistakenly board the H.M.S. <em>Beagle<\/em>, believing it to be loaded with gold. After sinking the ship, the shamefaced pirates transport Charles Darwin and Captain Fitzroy back to London, where they crash a meeting of the Royal Society, rescue a damsel in distress, and battle the evil Bishop of Oxford in the Mineral Room of the Museum of Natural History. (The Bishop and the Pirate Captain fling element samples at each other according to atomic weight.) There\u2019s even a tongue-in-cheek list of Comprehension Questions at the back of the book. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Sequels, with similarly zany mixes of history and science, include <em>The Pirates: In an Adventure with Ahab<\/em>, <em>The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon<\/em>, and <em>The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See science writer Jennifer Ouellette\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/cocktail-party-physics\/2012\/03\/08\/the-science-of-pirates\/\">A Pirate\u2019s Life for Me<\/a>\u00a0for a discussion of the real science connections in Defoe\u2019s <em>The Pirates!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>How about pirates and math? Ian Stewart\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/2609109\/Mathematical-Recreations-A-Puzzle-for-Pirates\">A Puzzle for Pirates<\/a> from\u00a0<em>Scientific American<\/em>\u2019s Mathematical Recreations column\u00a0is a strategic and logical challenge for high-school students and math buffs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/treasure-300x169.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/teacher.scholastic.com\/maven\/pirate\/index.htm\">The Mystery of Pirate Ringold\u2019s Lost Treasure<\/a>\u00a0is a fraction problem for treasure hunters on board the lost pirate ship <em>Grand Looter<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrnussbaum.com\/placevaluepirates1.htm\">Place Value Pirates<\/a>\u00a0is an interactive game in which kids identify decimal places by (bloodlessly) stabbing the proper pirate with a cutlass.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/walk-the-plant-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/walk-the-plant-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/walk-the-plant.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.math-play.com\/integers-game.html\">Walk the Plank<\/a>\u00a0is an exercise in adding and subtracting integers (negative and positive numbers to three places). Get the right answers and a professor goes in the drink.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"IMAGINARY_PIRATES\"><\/span><strong>IMAGINARY PIRATES<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shiver-me-letters-300x269.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shiver-me-letters-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shiver-me-letters-1024x917.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shiver-me-letters-768x688.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shiver-me-letters-1536x1375.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shiver-me-letters.jpg 1899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In June Sobel\u2019s <em>Shiver Me Letters<\/em> (Sandpiper, 2009), an animal pirate crew (captained by a crocodile with a hook) is out to capture all the letters of the alphabet. A clever alphabetical adventure with a simple rhyming text, punctuated with piratical roars of \u201cR!\u201d For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wonderful-O-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wonderful-O-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wonderful-O-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wonderful-O-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wonderful-O-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wonderful-O-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wonderful-O.jpg 1687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>The masterpiece of alphabet-plundering piracy, however, is certainly James Thurber\u2019s <em>The Wonderful O<\/em>, originally published in 1957. (It was reissued in a beautiful edition in 2009 as part of the NYR Children\u2019s Collection.) A mix of marvelous word play, poetry, poignancy, and humor, this is the story of a pirate named Black who \u2013 ever since his mother was fatally stuck in a porthole \u2013 has despised the letter O. Landing on the island of Ooroo in search of treasure, Black and gang proceed to take over and to expunge the offensive letter from the language. Soon bakers have no dough; goldsmiths, no gold; blacksmiths, no forges; candymakers, no chocolate; and candlemakers, no tallow \u2013 and \u201cA man named Otto Ott, when asked his name, could only stutter.\u201d Still, the islanders are determined that four O words must not be lost: hope, love, valor, and \u2013 most important of all \u2013 freedom. For ages 8 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/words-word-play-and-grammar\/\">Words, Word Play, and Grammar.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/how-i-became-a-pirate-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/how-i-became-a-pirate-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/how-i-became-a-pirate-834x1024.jpg 834w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/how-i-became-a-pirate-768x943.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/how-i-became-a-pirate.jpg 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Melinda Long\u2019s <em>How I Became a Pirate<\/em> (Harcourt, 2003), Jeremy Jacobs is building a sandcastle at the beach when a shipload of pirates shows up, looking for the Spanish Main (\u201cWe must have taken a wrong turn at Bora Bora.\u201d) Off Jeremy goes for a stint on board \u2013 which includes staying up late, never eating vegetables, and learning to say \u201cArrr!\u201d However, there\u2019s no tucking in at night and no bedtime story, so eventually Jeremy decides he\u2019d be better off at home \u2013 though before he and the pirates part ways, he helps them find a perfect place to bury their treasure. For ages 3-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>There\u2019s a sequel \u2013 <em>Pirates Don\u2019t Change Diapers<\/em> (Harcourt, 2007) \u2013 in which pirate captain and crew return for their loot and disastrously wake up Jeremy\u2019s baby sister, Bonney Anne.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16901\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/edward-and-pirates-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/edward-and-pirates-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/edward-and-pirates.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In David McPhail\u2019s <em>Edward and the Pirates<\/em> (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1997), Edward \u2013 a bookworm who wears enormous glasses \u2013 is reading about pirate treasure when a crew of pirates bursts into his bedroom, insisting that Edward&#8217;s book shows where their treasure is buried. (It\u2019s a nice plug for the benefits of reading: the pirates are in trouble because they can\u2019t.) For ages 3-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tough-boris-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tough-boris-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tough-boris.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Mem Fox\u2019s <em>Tough Boris<\/em> (Sandpiper, 1998) is the story of the fierce and evil-looking pirate Boris \u2013 who nonetheless cries when his pet parrot dies. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/roger-jolly-pirate-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/roger-jolly-pirate-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/roger-jolly-pirate.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Brett Helquist\u2019s <em>Roger, the Jolly Pirate<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2007) is a zanily twisted account of how the skull-and-crossbones pirate flag came to be. Cheerful Roger \u2013 who grins instead of growling \u2013 is banished to the hold whenever there\u2019s a battle. Hoping to ingratiate himself with his dismissive mates, Roger bakes them a cake \u2013 which promptly explodes, shooting a ghostly flour-covered Roger across the deck. The sight terrifies the enemy Admiral and his men into abandoning ship, and jolly Roger becomes a hero. In recognition of Roger and his cake, the grateful pirates stitch up a commemorative flag. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shiver-me-timbers-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shiver-me-timbers-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shiver-me-timbers-1024x841.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shiver-me-timbers-768x631.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shiver-me-timbers.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Douglas Florian\u2019s <em>Shiver Me Timbers<\/em> (Beach Lane Books, 2012) is a collection of 19 funny illustrated poems about pirates (&#8220;rude, crude dudes with attitude&#8221;). For ages 5 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-pete-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-pete-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-pete-768x744.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-pete.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Pete, of Kim Kennedy\u2019s <em>Pirate Pete<\/em> (Harry N. Abrams, 2002), and his parrot pal steal the Queen\u2019s treasure map and set off to look for gold, landing on island after island \u2013 and being foiled time and time again. (The hoped-for pot of leprechaun gold on Clover Island, for example, turns out to contain Irish stew.) They finally find genuine treasure on Mermaid Island, only to be caught in the act by the furious Queen, who takes the treasure and leaves Pete and parrot marooned. Luckily she forgets about Pete\u2019s rowboat \u2013 which allows the piratical pair to paddle off into a couple of sequels. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/dragon-of-lonely-island-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/dragon-of-lonely-island-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/dragon-of-lonely-island-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/dragon-of-lonely-island-768x1135.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/dragon-of-lonely-island-1039x1536.jpg 1039w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/dragon-of-lonely-island.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Rebecca Rupp\u2019s <em>Dragon of Lonely Island<\/em> (Candlewick Press, 2002) \u2013 I can\u2019t help but mention it \u2013 includes a pirate adventure. <em>Dragon<\/em> is set on an island off the coast of Maine, where three visiting children discover, in a cave on a hilltop, a three-headed dragon. The dragon has the ability to tell wonderful stories from its past that make listeners feel as though they were really there. One of these is the story of young Jamie Pritchett, kidnapped by a pirate crew and taken to sea as their cabin boy. When the pirates land on a desert island, Jamie runs away \u2013 and finds a treasure hoard, presided over by a dragon. For ages 5-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/time-warp-trio-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/time-warp-trio-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/time-warp-trio-665x1024.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/time-warp-trio-768x1183.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/time-warp-trio-997x1536.jpg 997w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/time-warp-trio.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Jon Scieszka\u2019s <em>The Not-So-Jolly Roger<\/em> (Puffin, 2004), second in the giggle-provoking Time Warp Trio series, Fred, Sam, and Joe \u2013 using the magical <em>Book<\/em>, the gift of Joe\u2019s magician uncle \u2013 wish for buried treasure and end up in the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century as captives of Edward Teach, the formidable pirate known as Blackbeard. For ages 7-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timewarptrio.com\/adventures\/jolly\/\">Time Warp Trio: Pirates<\/a> for interactive games and activities to accompany <em>The Not-So-Jolly Roger.\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timewarptrio.com\/teachers-parents\/lessons\/pdf\/twt-lesson-pirates.pdf\">Pirates<\/a> for a lesson plan with background information, hands-on activities, and a resource list for <em>The Not-So-Jolly Roger<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tintin-and-unicorn-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tintin-and-unicorn-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tintin-and-unicorn.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Herg\u00e9\u2019s <em>The Secret of the Unicorn<\/em> (Little, Brown and Company, 1974), boy reporter Tintin (always accompanied by his faithful dog, Snowy) attempts to buy a model sailing ship for his friend Captain Haddock \u2013 and promptly becomes entangled with thieves, secret treasure, and the exciting history of Captain Haddock\u2019s ancestor, Sir Francis, and his encounter with the dread pirate Red Rackham. The story continues in <em>Red Rackham\u2019s Treasure<\/em>. The Tintin books, written in comic-strip format, are great reads, with challenging (and funny) plots and dialogue.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/barefoot-bk-of-pirates-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/barefoot-bk-of-pirates-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/barefoot-bk-of-pirates.jpg 412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Richard Walker\u2019s <em>Barefoot Book of Pirates<\/em> (Barefoot Books, 2008) is a gorgeously illustrated collection of seven multicultural pirate tales, among them \u201cThe Kobold and the Pirates\u201d from Germany, \u201cMusic Charms the Pirates\u201d from Japan, and \u201cThe Ship of Bones\u201d from Morocco. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/capt-kidds-cat-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/capt-kidds-cat-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/capt-kidds-cat.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Robert Lawson\u2019s <em>Captain Kidd\u2019s Cat<\/em> (Little, Brown and Company, 1984) \u2013 originally written in 1956 \u2013 is the story of \u201cWm. Kidd, Gent.\u201d as told by his ship\u2019s cat, McDermot, a jaunty type who wears a ruby earring in one ear. This is a clever tongue-in-cheek biography in the style of Lawson\u2019s <em>Ben and Me<\/em> (the life of Benjamin Franklin, as related by his mouse, Amos) and <em>Mr. Revere and I<\/em> (the life of Paul Revere, as told by his horse, Scheherazade, late of the British army). Unfortunately \u2013 <em>Arrr!<\/em> \u2013 it\u2019s out of print, but is still available from libraries and used-book suppliers. Well worth tracking down. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/William_Kidd-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/William_Kidd-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/William_Kidd-763x1024.jpg 763w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/William_Kidd-768x1030.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/William_Kidd.jpg 882w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>For the real scoop on Captain Kidd, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevintagenews.com\/2016\/12\/15\/captain-william-kidd-the-unluckiest-pirate-in-history\/\">Captain William Kidd &#8211; the unluckiest pirate in history<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-pan-and-wendy-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-pan-and-wendy-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-pan-and-wendy-805x1024.jpg 805w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-pan-and-wendy-768x977.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-pan-and-wendy-1208x1536.jpg 1208w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-pan-and-wendy-1610x2048.jpg 1610w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-pan-and-wendy.jpg 1824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>J.M. Barrie\u2019s <em>Peter Pan and Wendy<\/em> (Sterling, 2010) is a reissue of Barrie\u2019s original 1911 story \u2013 which I highly recommend in lieu of later adaptations. The story is deeper and more compelling, and the wording much richer. It\u2019s also, however \u2013 be warned \u2013 politically incorrect: for example, it\u2019s a hotbed of gender stereotypes (Wendy doesn\u2019t get a cutlass) and Tiger Lily\u2019s tribe is collectively referred to as \u201credskins.\u201d Still, it would be a shame to miss a wonderful classic over this; and the questionable bits are great springboards for discussion.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>The full text of Barrie\u2019s <em>Peter Pan<\/em> is online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/16\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/16\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfreshplans.com\/2010-07\/peter-pan-lesson-plans\">Peter Pan Lesson Plans<\/a> website\u00a0has discussion questions and extension activities categorized under English, Social Studies, Math, Science, and Character Education.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Design a flying human! See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lessonplanet.com\/teachers\/if-peter-pan-can-fly-why-cant-i\">If Peter Pan Can Fly, Why Can\u2019t I?<\/a>\u00a0for a multifaceted lesson plan on animal flight for grades 2-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the Core Knowledge Foundation, see this\u00a0multidisciplinary 16-lesson unit study on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coreknowledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Peter-Pan-by-J-M-Barrie.pdf\"><em>Peter Pan<\/em><\/a>. Targeted at grade 2.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\" http:\/\/www.educationworld.com\/a_tsl\/archives\/02-1\/lesson007.shtml\">Finding Captain Hook\u2019s Treasure<\/a> is a map-based exercise for grades K-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-pan-disney-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-pan-disney-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-pan-disney-642x1024.jpg 642w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-pan-disney-768x1225.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-pan-disney-963x1536.jpg 963w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-pan-disney.jpg 1269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>There are numerous movie takes on Barrie&#8217;s Peter Pan, among them the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0046183\/\">1953 Disney cartoon version<\/a> (rated G); a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0316396\/\">2003 live-action version<\/a> (PG); <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0102057\/\">Hook<\/a> (1991), directed by Steven Spielberg, in which a grown-up Peter Pan (Robin Williams) returns to Neverland after his children are kidnapped by Captain Hook (PG); and the 2015 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3332064\/\">Pan<\/a>, an adventure story in which Peter, a 12-year-old orphan, is spirited away to Neverland to battle the pirate Blackbeard (PG).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/finding-neverland-158x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/finding-neverland-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/finding-neverland-538x1024.jpg 538w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/finding-neverland.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The 2004 film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0308644\/\"><em>Finding Neverland<\/em><\/a> with Johnny Depp (as Barrie) and Kate Winslet is the story of the family who inspired Barrie to create Peter Pan. Rated PG.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16911\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-and-starcatchers-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-and-starcatchers-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/peter-and-starcatchers.jpg 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson\u2019s <em>Peter and the Starcatchers<\/em> (Perfection Learning, 2006) is an explanatory prequel to J.M. Barrie\u2019s <em>Peter Pan<\/em> for readers ages 10 and up. Fourteen-year-old Peter is one of several orphaned boys on board the ship <em>Never Land<\/em>, all destined for slavery on the island of Rundoon, ruled by evil King Zarboff. Also on board is young Molly Aster who proves to be a \u201cStarcatcher,\u201d traveling with a trunk filled with magical starstuff \u2013 a substance that confers, among other things, the ability to fly. When pirates, captained by the vicious Black Stache, get wind of the magical cargo, there\u2019s a chase and a pitched battle that ends with the <em>Never Land<\/em> wrecked on a desert island. There the starstuff proceeds to do its magical stuff, and Peter (at least temporarily) defeats Black Stache by slashing off his hand (soon to be replaced with a hook). There are several sequels.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16944\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/very-nearly-honorable-league-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/very-nearly-honorable-league-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/very-nearly-honorable-league-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/very-nearly-honorable-league-768x1161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/very-nearly-honorable-league-1016x1536.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/very-nearly-honorable-league-1355x2048.jpg 1355w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/very-nearly-honorable-league.jpg 1687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>I love this one! Hilary Westfield, the heroine of Caroline Carlson&#8217;s hilarious <em>The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2013) is determined to become a pirate, even thought the VNHLP refuses to admit girls. Undaunted, Hilary runs away from Miss Pimm&#8217;s Finishing School for Delicate Ladies and &#8211; her talking gargoyle in tow &#8211; joins up with Jasper Fletcher, Terror of the Southlands. And off they go in search of magical buried treasure. Several sequels. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-thirteenth-floor-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-thirteenth-floor-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-thirteenth-floor.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Sid Fleischman\u2019s <em>The Thirteenth Floor<\/em> (Greenwillow Books, 2007), young orphan Buddy Stebbens and his attorney older sister Liz, struggling to save their family home, wish that they had the fabled treasure of their pirate ancestor, Captain Crackstone. Lured by a mysterious answering machine message, they take separate elevator trips to the thirteenth floor of an old building downtown \u2013 and find themselves transported to the 17<sup>th<\/sup> century. Buddy ends up on board Crackstone\u2019s pirate ship, sailing toward Boston \u2013 where, upon arrival, he finds Liz embroiled in the Salem witchcraft trials. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16904\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ghost-in-noonday-sun-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ghost-in-noonday-sun-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ghost-in-noonday-sun.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Also by Sid Fleischman, see <em>The Ghost in the Noonday Sun<\/em> (Greenwillow Books, 2007), the story of young Oliver Finch, born with the ability to see ghosts. Oliver is kidnapped by the notorious pirate Captain Scratch who plans to exploit Oliver\u2019s strange talent to find buried treasure. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16910\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/nick-of-time-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/nick-of-time-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/nick-of-time.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Ted Bell\u2019s <em>Nick of Time<\/em> (Square Fish, 2009) is the first of the Nick McIver Time Adventure series, in which 12-year-old Nick, son of a lighthouse keeper on an island in the English Channel in 1939, finds a sea chest on the beach containing what proves to be a time machine. Soon Nick and his sister Kate are players in parallel battles, one with German U-boats in the present, the other with the pirate Billy Blood over a hundred years in the past. For ages 11 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/treasure-island-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/treasure-island-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/treasure-island.jpg 438w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Robert Louis Stevenson\u2019s <em>Treasure Island<\/em> \u2013 the all-time classic pirate book \u2013 was originally published in 1883 and is now available in any number of editions, including simplified versions for younger readers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>The original text of Treasure Island is available online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/120\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/120\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/treasure-island-coloring-bk-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/treasure-island-coloring-bk-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/treasure-island-coloring-bk-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/treasure-island-coloring-bk.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0The <em>Treasure Island Coloring Book <\/em>(Dover Publications) has 34 black-line illustrations to color, plus an abbreviated text.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/treasure-island-movie-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/treasure-island-movie-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/treasure-island-movie.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>There are many movie versions of Treasure Island. Disney&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0043067\/\">1950 movie<\/a> is rated PG.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-captains-daughter-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-captains-daughter-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-captains-daughter.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Eve Bunting\u2019s <em>The Pirate Captain\u2019s Daughter<\/em> (Sleeping Bear Press, 2011) begins \u201cI always knew my father was a pirate and I always knew I wanted to be one, too.\u201d Fifteen-year-old Catherine disguises herself as a boy, adopts the name of Charlie, and joins her father on board the ship <em>Reprisal<\/em>. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bloody-jack-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bloody-jack-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bloody-jack.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Jack, of L.A. Meyers\u2019s <em>Bloody Jack<\/em> (Graphia, 2010), is also a girl. Mary Faber, orphaned and left homeless on the streets of London, cuts off her hair and lands a job as ship\u2019s boy on the H.M.S. <em>Dolphin<\/em>. Mary adapts to life on board, picks up the nickname \u201cBloody Jack\u201d in a pirate skirmish, struggles to cope with her \u201cDeception\u201d as she increasingly matures, and falls in love. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/piratica-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/piratica-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/piratica-657x1024.jpg 657w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/piratica-768x1197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/piratica-985x1536.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/piratica-1314x2048.jpg 1314w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/piratica.jpg 1488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Tanith Lee\u2019s <em>Piratica: Being a Daring Tale of a Singular Girl\u2019s Adventures Upon the High Seas <\/em>(Dutton Children\u2019s Books, 2003), Miss Artemisia Fitz-Willoughby Weatherhouse takes a tumble down the stairs at the Angels Academy for Young Maidens and suddenly remembers her past: she\u2019s the daughter of the famous pirate captain Molly Faith (a.k.a. Piratica), with whom she spent her early childhood on the high seas. In truth, it turns out that Molly was an actress and Art\u2019s memories are of stage performances \u2013 but Art, undeterred, hijacks a galleon and persuades her mother\u2019s former stage crew to accompany her as genuine pirates, under a black-and-pink Jolly Roger. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/princess-bride-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/princess-bride-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/princess-bride.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>William Goldman\u2019s <em>The Princess Bride<\/em> (Harcourt, 2007) is a brilliant tongue-in-cheek fairy tale filled with \u201cFencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants.\u201d \u2013 and featuring an enchanting cast of characters, among them Westley, a stable boy turned hero, the beautiful princess Buttercup, the valiant swordsman Inigo Montoya, the evil prince Humperdinck, and the Dread Pirate Roberts. For teenagers and adults. This title appears on many high-school reading lists.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/princess-bride-movie-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/princess-bride-movie-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/princess-bride-movie.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Also see the 1987 movie version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0093779\/\">The Princess Bride<\/a> directed by Rob Reiner and starring Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, and Andre the Giant. Rated PG. (There&#8217;s kissing.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readinggroupguides.com\/guides3\/princess_bride1.asp\">Reading Group Guide: This Princess Bride<\/a> has a list of discussion questions to accompany the book (or movie).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.readinggroupguides.com\/guides3\/princess_bride1.asp\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>REAL PIRATES<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/year-on-pirate-ship-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/year-on-pirate-ship-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/year-on-pirate-ship-1017x1024.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/year-on-pirate-ship-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/year-on-pirate-ship-768x773.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/year-on-pirate-ship-1525x1536.jpg 1525w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/year-on-pirate-ship-2034x2048.jpg 2034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><em>A Year on a Pirate Ship\u00a0<\/em>(Millbrook Press, 2009) by Elizabeth Havercroft covers twelve months of pirate life with tiny detailed illustrations, made to be pored over. The pirates variously load their ship, set to sea, and tackle whales, enemies, weeds, and shipwreck. For ages 5 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/real-pirates-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/real-pirates-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/real-pirates-1024x1012.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/real-pirates-768x759.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/real-pirates-1536x1518.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/real-pirates-2048x2024.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Barry Clifford\u2019s <em>Real Pirates\u00a0<\/em>(National Geographic Children\u2019s Books, 2008) is the picture-book history of the ship\u00a0<em>Whydah<\/em>, first a slave ship, then a pirate ship, and finally a spectacular underwater archaeological find. For ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-whydah-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-whydah-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-whydah-802x1024.jpg 802w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-whydah-768x980.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-whydah-1204x1536.jpg 1204w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-whydah-1605x2048.jpg 1605w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-whydah.jpg 2006w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Martin W. Sandler\u2019s <em>The Whydah<\/em> (Candlewick, 2017) is the fascinating story of the only pirate ship ever found \u2013 which sank off the coast of Cape Cod in 1717. For ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverpirates.com\/\">Whydah Museum<\/a>\u00a0in Provincetown, Massachusetts, is dedicated to the recovery of the wreck of pirate &#8220;Black Sam&#8221; Bellamy\u2019s treasure-laden <em>Whydah<\/em>, sunk in a storm in 1717.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-diary-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-diary-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-diary-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-diary-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-diary-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-diary-1539x2048.jpg 1539w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-diary.jpg 1578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Richard Platt\u2019s <em>Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter<\/em> (Candlewick Press, 2005), the fictional diary of a nine-year-old boy, is an historically accurate picture of 18th-century pirate life. Included are maps, a cutaway diagram of a pirate ship, a short history of piracy, and biographies of famous pirates. For ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16948\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/you-wouldnt-want-pirates-prisoner-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/you-wouldnt-want-pirates-prisoner-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/you-wouldnt-want-pirates-prisoner-768x856.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/you-wouldnt-want-pirates-prisoner.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>John Malam\u2019s <em>You Wouldn\u2019t Want to be a Pirate\u2019s Prisoner\u00a0<\/em>(Children\u2019s Press, 2002) in the Horrible Things You\u2019d Rather Not Know series, traces the pirate experience from \u201cTreasure Fleet! Your Ship Sets Sail\u201d through \u201cPirate\u2019s Prize,\u201d \u201cIn Irons! Shackled to the Deck,\u201d \u201cFlogged!,\u201d \u201cDiseased and Done For,\u201d and \u201cMarooned,\u201d to \u201cSaved! The Navy to the Rescue.\u201d The not-so-nice side of piracy for ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blackbeard-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blackbeard-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blackbeard.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><em>Blackbeard <\/em>(Running Press Kids, 2011) by Pat Croce is a 56-page biography of Edward Teach \u2013 a.k.a. Blackbeard, one of the most notorious pirates of all time. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blackbeard-pirate-king-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" \/><\/td>\n<td>J. Patrick Lewis\u2019s <em>Blackbeard the Pirate King\u00a0<\/em>(National Geographic Children\u2019s Books, 2006) is a collection of twelve illustrated poems about the wicked but ever-popular pirate. For ages 7 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lives-of-the-pirates-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lives-of-the-pirates-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lives-of-the-pirates.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Kathleen Krull\u2019s <em>Lives of the Pirates\u00a0<\/em>covers nineteen in chronological order, from Alvilda, Viking princess turned pirate circa 400, through Captain Kidd, William Dampier, Mary Read and Anne Bonney, and Black Sam Bellamy. Catchily written and informative for ages 9-14.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-life-for-she-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-life-for-she-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-life-for-she.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Laura Sook Duncombe&#8217;s <em>A Pirate&#8217;s Life for She<\/em> (Chicago Review Press, 2019) is the story of &#8220;swashbuckling women through the ages, from the ancient Norse princess Alfhild on. An exciting read about remarkable women for ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sea-queens-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sea-queens-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sea-queens-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sea-queens-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sea-queens-1162x1536.jpg 1162w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sea-queens-1550x2048.jpg 1550w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sea-queens.jpg 1937w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Piracy: an equal-opportunity profession. Jane Yolen\u2019s <em>Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World<\/em> (Charlesbridge Publishing, 2010) is a reader-friendly survey of female pirates, from Artemisia, the Admiral-Queen of Persia, in the 5<sup>th<\/sup> century BCE, to the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century\u2019s Anne Bonney and Mary Read and the 19<sup>th\u00a0<\/sup>century\u2019s Madame Chang.\u00a0 For ages 9-13.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/barbary-pirates-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/barbary-pirates-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/barbary-pirates.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By C.S. Forester \u2013 author of the Horatio Hornblower series &#8211; <em>The Barbary Pirates\u00a0<\/em>(Sterling Point Books, 2007) is the story of America\u2019s clash with the pirates off the shores of Tripoli in North Africa in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/how-historys-grts-pirates-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/how-historys-grts-pirates-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/how-historys-grts-pirates.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Benerson Little\u2019s <em>How History\u2019s Greatest Pirates Pillaged, Plundered, and Got Away With It\u00a0<\/em>(Fair Winds Press, 2010) covers the exploits of thirteen famous pirates, among them Grace O\u2019Malley, Francis Drake, Henry Morgan, Edward Teach (Blackbeard), and Jean Lafitte. For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/under-black-flag-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/under-black-flag-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/under-black-flag-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/under-black-flag-768x1184.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/under-black-flag-996x1536.jpg 996w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/under-black-flag-1328x2048.jpg 1328w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/under-black-flag.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>David Cordingly\u2019s <em>Under the Black Flag: The Romance and Reality of Life Among the Pirates\u00a0<\/em>(Random House, 2006) is a fascinating history of real and imaginary pirates \u2013 the romance, it turns out, was highly overrated &#8211; for teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-hunter-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-hunter-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-hunter.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><em>The Pirate Hunter\u00a0<\/em>(Hyperion, 2003) by Richard Zacks is subtitled \u201cThe True Story of Captain Kidd.\u201d In this detailed 400+-page biography, Zacks argues that Kidd was actually a privateer, hired by the British government to track down pirates and retrieve stolen goods. For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/republic-of-pirates-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/republic-of-pirates-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/republic-of-pirates.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Colin Woodard\u2019s <em>The Republic of Pirates<\/em> (Mariner Books, 2008) is the story of the \u201cGolden Age\u201d of pirates in the early 18<sup>th\u00a0<\/sup>century, when a consortium of pirates \u2013 among them \u201cBlack Sam\u201d Bellamy and Edward \u201cBlackbeard\u201d Teach &#8211; set up a functioning government in the Bahamas. Pirates, perhaps, but also social revolutionaries. For teenagers and adults.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/empire-of-blue-water-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/empire-of-blue-water-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/empire-of-blue-water.jpg 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Stephan Talty\u2019s <em>Empire of Blue Water<\/em> is the story of legendary pirate Henry Morgan and his (impressively influential) 17<sup>th<\/sup>-century career attacking Spaniards in the Caribbean. For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-food-pyramid-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-food-pyramid-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-food-pyramid-998x1024.jpg 998w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-food-pyramid-768x788.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirate-food-pyramid.jpg 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>What did pirates eat? See National Geographic&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/culture\/article\/eat-like-a-pirate\">Eat Like a Pirate<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>PIRATES ON STAGE AND SCREEN<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-of-caribbean-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-of-caribbean-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-of-caribbean-718x1024.jpg 718w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-of-caribbean-768x1095.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-of-caribbean.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Rob Ossian\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepirateking.com\/movies\/\">Pirate\u2019s Cove<\/a> claims to list every pirate movie ever made \u2013 and if you think <em>Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em> was it, this might be the site for you. The alphabetical list has descriptive synopses of over 300 pirate movies, among them six versions of <em>Peter Pan<\/em>, thirteen of <em>Treasure Island<\/em>, and such single gems as Disney\u2019s <em>Blackbeard\u2019s Ghost<\/em> (with Peter Ustinov in the title role), <em>Captain Blood<\/em> and <em>The Sea Hawk<\/em> (both starring a swashbuckling Errol Flynn), <em>The Princess Bride<\/em>, and <em>The Swiss Family Robinson\u00a0<\/em>(who, in the grand finale, fend off marauding pirates).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See <a href=\"https:\/\/pirates.disney.com\/games-activities\">here<\/a> for a list of activities to accompany pirate movie viewings.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/unnamed-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/unnamed-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/unnamed.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Bake <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diamondsfordessert.com\/2010\/06\/jack-sparrows-tricorne.html\">Jack Sparrow\u2019s tricorn hat cookies<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-of-penzance-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-of-penzance-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-of-penzance-671x1024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-of-penzance.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>A terrific version of Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s operetta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086112\/\"><em>The Pirates of Penzance<\/em><\/a> (1983) stars Kevin Kline in fine form as the Pirate King, and Rex Smith and Linda Ronstadt as Frederic and Mabel, the unhappy young lovers. The premise: Frederic has been apprenticed to the pirates by mistake by his deaf nurse (she was supposed to link him up with a <em>pilot<\/em>), and must remain with them until his 21<sup>st<\/sup> birthday, which in Frederic\u2019s case makes for a long apprenticeship, since he was born on February 29<sup>th<\/sup>, Leap Year. Rated G.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>PIRATE ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirateology-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirateology-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirateology-871x1024.jpg 871w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirateology-768x903.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirateology-1306x1536.jpg 1306w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirateology.jpg 1476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Dugald Steer\u2019s <em>Pirateology<\/em> (Candlewick Press, 2006) in the popular Ologies series, purports to be the ship\u2019s log of 18<sup>th<\/sup>-century pirate hunter William Lubber. The log, written on parchment-type paper and crammed with creative illustrations, has information about everything from sailor\u2019s knots and navigation to battle tactics, and a lot of appealing interactive elements, including fold-out maps and a working compass (set in the front cover). For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-log-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-log-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirates-log.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><em>Pirate\u2019s Log\u00a0<\/em>by Avery Monsen and Jory John (Chronicle Books, 2008) is a 172-page illustrated interactive \u201cHandbook for Aspiring Swashbucklers.\u201d Users pick their pirate name and the name of their ship, list the ten things \u2013 just ten \u2013 to pack to bring on board, determine (via eye test) which is the best eye over which to wear a piratical eyepatch, and learn the proper pronunciation of \u201cArrr!\u201d \u2013 and there are games, puzzles, challenges, and information on essential pirate activities like swabbing the deck and walking the plank. Fun and funny for ages 8 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Arrr!<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Say it like a pirate! <a href=\"http:\/\/talklikeapirate.com\/wordpress\/how-to\/\">How to Talk Like a Pirate<\/a> &#8211; or &#8220;On Beyond Aaarrr!&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Put on a play! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsl.state.tx.us\/ld\/projects\/trc\/2007\/manual\/piratecode.html\">The Pirates\u2019 Code<\/a> is a short reader&#8217;s theater script, starring Captain Hook, Long John Silver, Blackbeard, Captain Calico Jack Rackham, and Smee.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsl.state.tx.us\/ld\/projects\/trc\/2007\/manual\/piratecode.html\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>DLTK\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dltk-kids.com\/crafts\/pirates\/index.htm\">Pirate Ideas for Children<\/a> has\u00a0pirate themed coloring pages, puzzles, games, and crafts, among them a milk-carton pirate ship, a paper-plate pirate mask, and a collapsible spyglass telescope.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crayola.com\/lesson-plans\/detail\/pirate-poems-lesson-plan\/\">Pirate Poems<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0general instructions for making a pirate paper-bag puppet holding a pirate poetry book. You\u2019ll need colored pencils, scissors, construction paper, a paper bag, and some poetic imagination.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirateship-DCG-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirateship-DCG-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pirateship-DCG.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deepspacesparkle.com\/2010\/02\/pirate-ship-art-lesson-for-fourth-grade\/\">Pirate Ship Art Lesson<\/a> has instructions for making a construction-paper pirate ship on a wavy painted ocean. See the website for some great examples of student projects.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See Busy Bee&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.busybeekidscrafts.com\/Pirate-Crafts.html\">Pirate Crafts<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0many activities for preschoolers and early-elementary-level kids, among them a pirate map, pirate hook, newspaper pirate hat, a toilet-paper-roll parrot, and a simple catapult, capable of firing marshmallows and cotton balls.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/newspapersword12-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/newspapersword12-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/newspapersword12.jpg 439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/alphamom.com\/family-fun\/holidays\/talk-like-a-pirate-day-crafts\/\">Talk Like a Pirate Day Crafts<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0illustrated step-by-step instructions for a truly terrific rolled-newspaper pirate sword.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Artists Helping Children, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artistshelpingchildren.org\/piratescraftsideasactivitieskids.html\">Pirate Crafts for Kids<\/a>\u00a0has a long list of craft projects with instructions. Make pirate treasure chests, puppets, costumes, ships, and pirate-themed greeting cards. Some annoying advertising.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/how-to-draw-pirates-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/how-to-draw-pirates-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/how-to-draw-pirates.jpg 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Barbara Soloff Levy\u2019s <em>How to Draw Pirates<\/em> (Dover Publications, 2008) includes step-by-step instructions for drawing captain, crew, ship, cannon, gold doubloons, and Jolly Roger. $4.99.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Enchanted Learning, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enchantedlearning.com\/themes\/pirate.shtml\">Pirates<\/a>\u00a0has printable worksheets, quizzes, puzzles, and instructions for making a treasure chest from a shoebox.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>PIRATE SHIPS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mollymoo-cardboard-pirate-ship-pinterest-284x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mollymoo-cardboard-pirate-ship-pinterest-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mollymoo-cardboard-pirate-ship-pinterest-971x1024.jpg 971w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mollymoo-cardboard-pirate-ship-pinterest-768x810.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mollymoo-cardboard-pirate-ship-pinterest.jpg 1111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>See <a href=\"http:\/\/mollymoocrafts.com\/diy-cardboard-pirate-ship\/\">From Cardboard Box to Pirate Ship<\/a> to make one of your own!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lego-pirate-ship-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lego-pirate-ship-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lego-pirate-ship-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lego-pirate-ship-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lego-pirate-ship-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lego-pirate-ship-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lego-pirate-ship-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>For LEGO lovers, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/LEGO-Minecraft-Pirate-Adventure-Building\/dp\/B07GZ51QRB\">The Pirate Ship Adventure building kit<\/a> for ages 8 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Need to name a pirate ship? Check the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seventhsanctum.com\/generate.php?Genname=pirateshipnamer\">Pirate Ship Name Generator<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.piratemuseum.com\/pirate.html\">New England Pirate Museum<\/a> in Salem, Massachusetts, has a recreated dockside village, a replica pirate ship, a cave filled with pirate treasure, and a walking tour of buccaneers. It sounds cool. Also see the museum&#8217;s Education Curriculum page for projects, activities, and challenges for kids of all ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the Archaeological Institute of America, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archaeology.org\/online\/reviews\/pirates\/index.html\">Loaded Guns, Barrels of Rum, and a Silk Ribbon<\/a>\u00a0is an interesting overview of the archaeology of pirate shipwrecks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/queen-annes-revenge-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/queen-annes-revenge-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/queen-annes-revenge-768x662.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/queen-annes-revenge.jpg 933w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>From Smithsonian magazine, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history-archaeology\/Did-Archaeologists-Uncover-Blackbeards-Treasure.html\">Did Archaeologists Uncover Blackbeard\u2019s Treasure?<\/a>\u00a0is an account of the underwater exploration of the wreck that just might be the remains of\u00a0<em>Queen Anne\u2019s Revenge<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few of us want our babies to grow up to be pirates. 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