Avast Me Hearties!

International Talk Like a Pirate Day is Wednesday, September 19. St. Louis County library will be celebrating all month long with great programs. While you are practicing walking the plank, take a look at these awesome pirate books.

"Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC" by June Sobel. 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.
 

"Bubble Bath Pirates!" by Jarrett Krosoczka. When pirate mommy announces bath time, it is yo ho ho and to the bath we go for her little pirates.

 

"Pirates Don't Change Diapers" by Melinda Long. Braid Beard and his pirate crew return to retrieve the treasure they buried in Jeremy Jacob's backyard, but first they must help calm his baby sister, Bonney Anne, whom they awoke from her nap.

 

"Piratepedia" by Alisha Niehaus and Alan Hecker. Designed as a hip time-travel journal into the pirate past, this compendium of the sea scoundrel's world includes all the detail of classic DK reference as well as excerpts from favorite piratical fiction-making Piratepedia a swashbuckling volume kids won't want to walk the plank without!

 

"Backbeard : Pirate for Hire" by Matthew McElligott. When the Pirate Council tells Backbeard that he must stop wearing colorful clothing and look more fearsome, he decides to quit being a pirate and get a job on shore, if only he can find work that matches his particular skills.