Navigators: Pirates: Pirates - Hardcover

Chrisp, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0753466112 ISBN 13: 9780753466117

Publisher: Kingfisher, 2011

Synopsis

Navigate your way through a fantastic range of subjects with this visually spectacular new series. Every spread is brimming with lively text, amazing photographs and artworks, and weblinks and quotes. Panels throughout offer focused information on specific topics.

For action, romance, and adventure, no historical figure can hold a candle to a Pirate. Readers take to the seas and journey back in time to meet some of history's most terrifying characters in this visually-exciting reference. From the earliest records when Cilician pirates kidnapped Julius Caesar, to the 17th-century buccaneer who cut out his victim's heart, and the infamous exploits of the most fearsome pirate-Blackbeard. Along the way, readers will explore a pirate ship, meet some terrifying female pirates and learn about modern piracy. Links and features throughout the book point readers toward contemporary resources to keep the exploration going.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Chrisp, a professional author for 20 years, has written more than 90 historical books for young readers. He has been fascinated with pirates since he was eight years old, when he went to see Bernard Miles play Long John Silver at a London theatre.

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Reviews

What do gladiators, bad weather, mammals, and pirates have in common? Not a lot subject-wise, but they’re consistently popular topics with kids. Visually reminiscent of DK books, although simpler, the Navigators series delves into the subject at hand with nuggets of easily digestible information in the form of text boxes, word definitions, engaging photographs and artwork, and labeled diagrams. Pirates points out that our association with the word pirate—as a peg-legged, eye-patch-wearing character shouting, “Hoist the Jolly Roger, me hearties!”—is false; the reality is revealed through an examination of life at sea. Structurally consistent, and with an informative “Investigate” section in the back matter, which includes pertinent websites, books, and museum exhibition suggestions, this series offers the legions of pirate-, animal-, weather-, and ancient civilization–obsessed kids out there a solid resource for school or pleasure, and it should be particularly appealing to reluctant readers. Grades 3-6. --Ann Kelley

Edition details

• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753466112
• ISBN 13: 9780753466117
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48