It is glorious to be a pirate king--especially in this collection of 11 classic stories and poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, and others. In his dramatic illustrations, Hague takes readers to a faraway world filled with adventure, excitement--and danger.

Humorous rhyming answers to eleven questions about the life of pirates.

A collection of folktales and legends about pirates includes the story of Robin Hood's encounter with pirates while on vacation at the seashore, the saga of a band of Scottish pirates who attack a monastery, and the spooky tale of a merchant and his servant who discover an abandoned pirate ship.

Captain Whitehead wants children, the smaller the better. They say he has a diamond mine, and to be taken there is the worst thing that can happen to a child. Siri's little sister has been kidnapped and nothing will stop her from saving her little sister... --Adapted from backck cover.

Splash into action with seafaring sleuths Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang as they collide with a mystery ship and try to uncover clues from a vanished crew in Hassle in the Castle! Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are then captured by Redbeard the Pirate in Go Away Ghost Ship. Zoinks! If the case isn't solved soon, somebody's going to walk the plank! And when Scooby and friends get lost in a swamp, they meet up with the Harlem Globetrotters and Redbeard...

When the Buccaneer Bunnies receive a note from an unknown enemy, Henry researches and writes a book called "Plan for Impending Danger from the Unknown Enemy Who Wrote the Scary Note," which helps him when the enemy finally arrives.

A swashbuckling adventure, full of cheeky humour! From the creators of Rudey's Windy Christmas. Jake, the new cabin boy, isn't brave like the rest of the crew on the pirate ship; he can't even climb the rigging and he still sleeps with a teddy! So how ever will he scare away the enemy pirates who have caught his shipmates, Captain Fish Breath Fred, Snot Nose Ned and Butt Beard Bob? If only Jake could make an ear-splitting noise like the legendary...

This book examines pirates throughout history--both as real-life figures and as fictional characters. Readers will separate pirate fact from pirate folklore and learn what motivates real-life acts of piracy in the modern world.

"Lewis Dearborn is a lonely, anxious, "terminally shy" boy of eleven when his great-grandfather passes away and leaves Lewis's family with his decaying seaside mansion. Lewis is initially delighted with his new bedroom, a secluded tower in a remote part of the house. Then he discovers that it's already occupied -- by the ghosts of seven dead pirates. Worse, the ghosts expect him to help them re-take their ship, now restored and on display in a local...