Lists and Suggestions for Kids

When Flinn enters the classroom art closet for supplies, his imagination sends him on a high-seas adventure filled with pirates, dinosaurs, mystery, and swordfights.

Also available in RB Digital. Captain Barnacle Black Ear, baddest of the Buccaneer Bunnies, is ashamed of his book-loving son, Henry, until the day a great storm approaches.

A rhyming tale of pirates who go to school accompanied by their parrots, learn arithmetic and letters, and want to hear sea stories at storytime.

Pirates, pets and puns run amok as a swaggering but softhearted captain swashbuckler embarks on a daring quest to find a perfect animal sidekick.

"A crew of pirate dinosaurs sails the open sea, looks for treasure, and inducts a new recruit, who's having some trouble feeling like part of a team. When a rival group of pirate dinosaurs attacks, though, it's up to the newest pirasaur to save the day"--

When school lets out for the summer, Rufus Leroy Williams III, a determined pig who loves to read, decides to become a pirate.

Despite the fact that he is "only a boy," Tom convinces the band of rough, tough, little girl pirates who have come to steal the front of his house to let him join in their adventures.

While his shipmates face their toughest enemy, Roger has a chance to prove himself in a most unlikely way after being banished, as usual, below decks during the fighting.

A young boy and his grandfather's adventure on the high oceans turns dangerous when pirates take over their boat.

"First mate Hugh has got the whole crew and the pirate ship ready, but they can't set sail until they find a captain!"--

When pirate mommy announces bath time, it is yo ho ho and to the bath we go for her little pirates.

A collection of made-up facts, educated guesses, and silly pictures about pirates.

Also available in RB Digital. Jeremy Jacob joins Braid Beard and his pirate crew and finds out about pirate language, pirate manners, and other aspects of their life.

Also available in Hoopla. Sheep on a deep-sea voyage run into trouble when it storms and are glad to come paddling into port.

Two brothers use their imaginations to turn their surroundings--from a white bandana and yellow coins to a red blanket and even their baby sister-- into a colorful pirate adventure before naptime.

Having decided that R is not enough for them, a bumbling band of pirates sets sail on a quest to capture the rest of the alphabet.

Two bands of pirates fight over a box, but when they raise the white flag and open the box together, they find a treasure to share.

Pirates Blackbeard Johnson and his brothers, Eyepatch Sue, and others sail over to Peg Leg Jones' for a happily chaotic pirate jamboree--until the S.S. Clean Your Room (otherwise known as Mrs. Jones) arrives and playtime is definitely over.

This variation on the traditional, cumulative song reveals the consequences of a pirate's strange diet.