Pirate Study Resources
Resource Type |
Resource Name/Author |
Comments |
Check out again |
Rating |
Book/Library |
The Old Pirate of Central Park; Priest Robert |
Very nice tale of the old pirate and the old queen, their "war" and reconciliation. |
X |
4 |
Book/Library |
Little Badger, Terror of the Seven Seas; Bunting, Eve |
Cute, encourages imagination and pretending and not being influenced by nay-sayers |
X |
4 |
Book/Library |
Pirate Pete; Kennedy, Kim |
Fluff, but cute |
|
2 |
Book/Library |
A Pirate’s Life for Me!; Thompson, Julie and Macintosh; Brownie |
Non-fiction, explains the life of pirates honestly w/o too much gory detail |
X |
4 |
Book/Purchase | Plundering Pirates, A Where's Waldo Fun Fact Book; Wright, Rachel | Facts about pirates and a bit of debunking of myths, too. Pirate-themed poster in back to search for Waldo. | 5 | |
Laser Disc/Purchase |
Swiss Family Robinson; |
Pirates are mean, not cute romantic figures. Still not too scary. |
|
5 |
Video/Library |
Pirates of Penzance; w/ Kevin Kline |
Kline is a wonderful Pirate King. Imagine Archie, from A Fish Called Wanda, without all the swearing. |
X |
5 |
Video/Library |
Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, Opera World |
My 4yo ~loves~ it, watched it 3-4 times and wanted more |
X |
5 |