Pirates

by Greg Nickles

Pirates features notorious buccaneers like Blackbeard, William Kidd, and Black Bart. Full-color illustrations and photographs taken at pirate festivals show pirate clothing, the parts of a ship, and what the pictures on flags and maps mean. Life and duties of the crew on a pirate ship are also revealed. Other topics include. - famous male and female pirates - a pirate's clothes - pirate activities and how to talk like a pirate - how ships were captured and how punishment was carried out

32 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1996

About the author

Gregory Nickles is an oft-published author of non-fiction children's texts. His works include a variety of titles about animals, science, U.S. history, and countries of the world. A graduate of Fine Arts, his interests extend to creative works including theater and music. He currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada.

Reviews

[Kristina · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a basic reader appropriate for grades k-2 but would need to be read aloud to kinder. This book gives a basic overview of pirate life and pirate ships. It has a “what’s in this book” section, a “words to know” section, and an index. The pictures are all staged and some illustrated. The information is very basic. It would be good as an introduction to pirates or as a read more on your own kind of extension. I also think it could be used for a vocab study once the text bolds the vocab words. I also like that it has a section on different pirate flags.

[Cara]

Good for K-2 Clear titles and featured vocabulary give this book a clean look which is easy to follow for young children. Table of contents, glossary, and index in kid friendly forms. Charts and pictures all illustrated.

[Gretchen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Informative book about pirates written at a level that young children (2nd-5th grades) will really enjoy it. Illustrations are good, too.

[Kristy McRae · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. Nick loves pirates, and pirate books--this one was a little flat compared to some of the books he's brought home. Probably geared toward a younger child.