Pirattitude

Arrrrr.  Avast, me beauties, Talk Like a Pirate Day isn't until September, but is there a wrong time to hoist the Jolly Roger and go on account? Go ahead, get in touch with your inner drivelswigger. Here are a few titles that should have you dancing the hornpipe with glee, and we're not talking bilge!

Booty for young mateys

A Pirate's Guide to First Grade by James Preller

I Wonder Why Pirates Wore Earrings: And Other Questions about Piracy by Pat Jacobs

A Thousand Years of Pirates by William Gilkerson

The Book of Pirates: A Guide to Plundering, Pillaging, and Other Pursuits by Jamaica Rose and Captain Michael MacLeod [eBook]

The High Skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate by Scott Nash

Pirateria: The Wonderful Plunderful Pirate Emporium by Calef Brown

Lilly and the Pirates by Phyllis Root

The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King [eBook]

The Time Pirate: A Nick McIver Time Adventure by Ted Bell

Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber by L.A. Meyer


For the mature sea dog

Hornblower in the West Indies by C.S. Forester [eAudiobook]

Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton

The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down by Colin Woodard [eBook]

Booty: Girl Pirates on the High Seas by Sara Lorimer

Ganymede by Cherie Priest

The Mountain of Gold by J.D. Davies

Bride of the Wind by Heather Graham writing as Shannon Drake [eBook]

Silver: Return to Treasure Island by Andrew Motion


Put one of these movies in your duffle!

Pirates! Scourge of the Seven Seas

Pirates Galleons and Treasure

The Pirates!: Band of Misfits

Treasure Planet

The Princess Bride

Cutthroat Island

Robert Louis Stevenson's The Master of Ballantrae

Horatio Hornblower: The Adventure Continues