Twelve + Great Pirate Books for Kids

Ahoy, Mateys! Growing up, I used to love listening to our Disney Songs Record. Yep – had to play that one on the turntable. This was before the ago of multiple Disney movies, so the songs were from a smaller selection of flicks. One of my favorite tunes was “A Pirate’s Life for Me” from the cartoon movie, “Peter Pan.” I am not sure we even ever watched the movie, but I did like the song.

Evidently our middle song inherited this appreciation of pirates because for a long time I think he wanted to be a pirate. One of his favorite books that I read over and over again was Usborne’s On a Pirate Ship. Basically the premise of the book is about a gang of pirates that take over a ship then give that crew the option of being left to “drift on the swirling seas or join their fearless crew.” (I bet you can guess what their choice was!) Anyway, the book ends with “Do you think you’d be brave enough to live on a pirate’s ship?” His answer was always an emphatic “no,” which made me laugh considering how many days he would dress up like a pirate.

Needless to say, we read many a pirate book. If you have any “wannabe” pirates, perhaps they would enjoy our book list. Besides the title listed above, here are a dozen more pirate adventures. As always, you may want to preview them first. This topic has varying degrees of intensity, and obviously the goal is not to turn your child into a permanent “land lubber.” Enjoy the books or walk the plank: you decide!