Pirates, Ahoy!

Article in Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Young Adult Fiction, Adult Fiction, Adventure

What is the meaning of this Pirates, Ahoy List, anyway?

This is a list for all ye landlubbers who wish to read more books about pirates. Read these books, or walk the plank...

Hopefully this will prepare you in advance for International Talk Like a Pirate Day in September! See more details here http://talklikeapirate.com/wordpress/

Children's Books

Picture Books

• Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs by Giles Andreae - JP Andreae

• Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs: Missing Treasure! by Giles Andreae - JP Andreae

• Olive's Pirate Party by Roberta Baker - JP Baker

• Pirate Princess by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen - JP Bardhan-Quallen

• On the Go with Pirate Pete and Pirate Joe! by A.E. Cannon - JE Cannon

• Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi - JP Crimi

• Louise: The Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamillo - JP DiCamillo

• The Pirate Meets the Queen: An Illuminated Tale by Matt Faulkner - JP Faulkner

• Tough Boris by Mem Fox - JP Fox

• Pirate Girl by Cornelia Funke - JP Funke

• Dirty Joe, the Pirate by Bill Harley - JP Harley

• The Night Pirates by Peter Harris - JP Harris

• Roger, the Jolly Pirate by Brett Helquist - JP Helquist

• Pirate Pete by Kim Kennedy - JP Kennedy

• Pirate Pete's Giant Adventure by Kim Kennedy - JP Kennedy

• The Erie Canal Pirates by Eric Kimmel - JP Kimmel

• The Gingerbread Pirates by Kristin Kladstrup - (Holiday) JP Kladstrup

• The Pigrates Clean Up by Steven Kroll - JP Kroll

• Pirate Treasure by Loretta Krupinski - JP Krupinski

• Pirates! by C. Drew Lamm - JP Lamm

• Pirate Bob by Kathryn Lasky - JP Lasky

• I Love My Pirate Papa by Laura Leuck - JP Leuck

• Alvin the Pirate by Ulf Lofgren - JP Lofgren

• How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long - JP Long

• Pirates Don’t Change Diapers! by Melinda Long - JP Long

• Captain Raptor and the Space Pirate by Kevin O’Malley - JP O’Malley

• Archie and the Pirates by Marc Rosenthal - JP Rosenthal

• Pirate Nap: A Book of Colors by Danna Smith - JP Smith

• Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC by June Sobel - JP Sobel

• The Amazing Adventures of Bumblebee Boy by David Soman and Jacky Davis - JP Soman

• This Little Pirate by Philemon Sturges - JP Sturges

• Do Pirates Take Baths? by Kathy Tucker - JP Tucker

• The Barefoot Book of Pirates by Richard Walker - JP 398.2 Walker

• Charlotte Jane Battles Bedtime! by Myra Wolfe - JP Wolfe

• The Ballad of the Pirate Queens by Jane Yolen - JP Yolen

Chapter books

• The Pirates of Crocodile Swamp by Jim Arnosky - J Arnosky

• Jack Plank Tells Tales by Natalie Babbitt - J Babbitt

• Peter and the Starcatchers (series) by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson - J Barry

• Nick of Time by Ted Bell - J Bell

• The Time Pirate: A Nick McIvor Tiem Adventure by Ted Bell - J Bell

• How to be a Pirate by Cressida Cowell - J Cowell

• Pirate Palooza (graphic novel) by Erik Craddock (graphic novel) - J PB Craddock

• Remarkable: A Novel by Lizzie Foley - J Foley

• Judy Moody and Stink: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt by Megan McDonald - J McDonald

• The Mousehunter by Alex Milway - J Milway

• Pirates Eat Porridge by Christopher Morgan and Neil Curtis - J Curtis

• The Wooden Mile(part of the Something Wickedly Weird series) by Chris Mould - J Mould

• Pirates Past Noon(part of the Magic Tree House series) by Mary Pope Osborne - J Osborne

• The Unsinkable Walker Bean (graphic novel)by Aaron Renier - J Renier

• Lilly and the Piratesby Phyllis Root - J Root

• The Not-So-Jolly Roger (part of the Time Warp Trio series) by Jon Scieszka - J Scieszka

• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - J Stevenson

Non-fiction

• Lives of the Pirates: Swashbucklers, Scoundrels (Neighbor’s Beware!) by Kathleen Krull - J 910.45 Krull

• Blackbeard, the Pirate King by J. Patrick Lewis - J 92 Teach, Edward

• The Best Book of Pirates by Barnaby Harward - J 910.45 Harward

• Pirates by John Matthews - J 910.45 Matthews

• Pirates: A Nonfiction Companion to Pirates Past Noon by Will and Mary Pope Osborne - J 910.45 Osborne

• Pirateology: The Sea Journal of Captain William Lubber, Pirate Hunter by Dugald Steer - J 910.45 Steer

• Sea Queens: Woman Pirates Around the World by Jane Yolen - J 910.45 Yolen

Young Adult

• Beauty Queens by Libba Bray - YA Bray

• Peril on the Sea by Michael Cadnum - YA Cadnum

• Sebastian Darke (series) by Philip Caveney - YA Caveney

• The Price of Freedom: Pirates of the Caribbean by A.C. Crispin - YA Crispin

• The Sea Wolves by Christopher Golden - YA Golden

• The Princess Bride by William Goldman - F Goldman and YA PB Goldman

• Rhiannon by Vicki Grove - YA Grove

• Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth by James V. Hart - YA Hart

• The Treasure of Savage Island by Lenore Hart - YA Hart

• The Buccaneers by Iain Lawrence - J Lawrence

• Piratica (series) by Tanith Lee - YA Lee

• The Pirate's Son by Geraldine McCaughrean - YA and YA PB McCaughrean

• Scurvy Goonda by Chris McCoy - YA McCoy

• Cybele's Secret by Juliet Marillier - YA Marillier

• Bloody Jack (series) by L.A. Meyer - YA Meyer

• One Piece (graphic novel manga series) by Eiichiro Oda - YA PB Oda

• Pirates! by Celia Rees - YA PB Rees and YA Rees

• Crogan (graphic novel series) by Chris Schweizer - YA Schweizer (graphic novel)

• Vampirates (series) by Justin Somper - YA Somper

• Voyage of Plunder by Michele Torrey - YA Torrey

• Steel by Carrie Vaughn - YA Vaughn

Adult

• Hawke by Ted Bell - F Bell

• Silver: My Own Tale as Written by Me With a Goodly Amount of Murder by Edward Chupack - F Chupack

• Pirates Latitudes by Michael Crichton - F Crichton and LP F Crichton

• The Princess Bride by William Goldman - F Goldman and YA PB Goldman

• The Pirate Devlin by Mark Keating - F Keating

• Pirate King: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes by Laurie R. King - M King and LP M King

• Djibouti by Elmore Leonard - F Leonard and LP F Leonard

• The Only Life That Mattered:The Short and Merry Lives of Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Calico Jack Rackam by James L. Nelson - F Nelson

• Pirates of the Levant by Arturo Perez-Reverte - F Perez-Reverte

• A Distant Magic by Mary Jo Putney - F Putney and LP F Putney

• Cassandra, Lost by Joanna Catherine Scott - F Scott

• Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe - SF Wolfe