Pirates

I bought this for my 4 year old son who LOVES pirates right now after viewing the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie and seeing the "Tall Ships" on the Great Lakes. I was afraid he would be scared by the pirates turning into skeletons, etc. but he was not - in fact he wanted to watch it again and again. So when I saw this book I knew he'd love it, and he does. Every night before bed he takes out all the separate letters and cards, has me read them, then puts them back in their envelopes. He also has me read all the different types of ships over and over again - he can now name some ship types by memory. This book is very well laid out - even I find the information very interesting and learned things I did not know.I did want to point out that although the age range given for the book is 4-8, I know some 4 year olds that may be frightened by some of the images and material. There is an illustration of a pirate holding the head of an apparently slain enemy (a few heads actually), a picture of Captain Kid hanging from a noose, and there is a section about punishments that can be unsettling for a squeamish child. The book is beautifully done, but this is definitely not a learn to read book - in some places and most of the interactive pieces the font is a very small and ornate and can be difficult to read.Again we love this book and it will be in our collection for a long time. For most it should be fine but wanted those with younger ones to know what to expect.

We bought this for our young children (5-year old and 4-year old) as they were excited by the  Pirates of the Caribbean  movies.We bought this book along with  Pirateology: The Pirate Hunter's Companion  last year. We take the books off the shelf every couple months and read through them for bedtime. The books will stay in our collection for years to come.This book helps introduces kids to a large amount of new vocabulary but, more importantly, covers so much ground that it acts as a fantastic springboard to further study history or science.

My grandson is 5. He absolutely loves this book. We checked it out from the library at first. He had a meltdown when we tried to return it. So, we bought this book for him from Amazon. He can't read the words, but loves all the envelopes with maps and different things in them. He carries that book around and shows it to anybody who is willing to sit with him and look at it. He tries to draw the pictures he sees in the book as well. This is a great book for any child who enjoys pirates. It is well done and has a beautiful cover with a sparkly jewel.

I bought this for my 3 year old son who loves playing pirates. He loves it! The books holds up to my son's rough play. He thinks it is the best with the jeweled eye on the skeleton and the pages full of maps and wanted posters. He loves removing the items from the many envelopes throughout the book. It was the perfect books to spark his imagination.

This was a used book & I was so surprised to see that it was in almost new condition. Very impressed!!! A Fantastic book to add to our Grandson's Pirate collection.

Book is out of print, search high and low for it. My grandson loves it.....great condition

Book is in excellent condition. It arrived with lots of packaging around it and was perfect. I love this book because of all it's great pictures, information, and fun inserts. I would recommend this book, and I would also order again from this dealer.

Great book for the price fast shipping hassle-free book in good condition if tou like to know bout pirates this is the book to read for young minds

Was missinga letter from William the III to Captain KiddWitch was one the main reasons of purchase

very colourful book with great illustrations.

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Very interesting