I love to read pirate books! Adventure on the high seas, pirate treasure, gold, gems, treasure maps! You can find most of these things in books about pirates! I've put together a great list of pirate books to read. Some are picture books, others are for beginners. Some books are for more experienced readers, which young kids may want their parents or older brothers or sisters to read to them!

One of my favorite places to visit is the library, where you can get a library card which lets you take lots of books home to read. Everytime you visit, I'll bet you will find a new book to look at! Then you can read, or have your parents read to you all sorts of stories about the adventures of pirates!

You can pick up many of the books on my list at the library or at bookstores. I have a text list of all the books you see here on a separate page which can be found here. If you would like to get any of the books from the store, I have them all linked to 3 online bookstores, which can be found on this page!

So here's the list of some great pirate books to read!! It's always growing, as I find new pirate books! Each book listed here is linked to another page that tells you a little more about the book. Happy reading! Arrrrrrrgh!

I have divided the book list into 5 different Categories:
*Ages 4-8/PreSchool-Grade 3*  *Ages 7-10/Grade 2-5*    *Ages 10 and up/Grade 5 and up*
   *Pirate Reference Books for Kids*   *Pirate Joke, Sticker and Activity Books*

Ages 4-8 Preschool to Grade 3

• Pirates by Dina Anastasio
  
• Barnaby Shrew, Black Daw and...the Mighty Wedgewood by Steve Augarde
  
• Gumdrop and the Pirates by Val Biro
  
• Jim Chimp's Story by Muriel Blaustein
  
• A Treasury of Pirate Tales by Tony Bradman
  
• Dilly and the Pirates by Tony Bradman
  
• Pirate School by Cathy E. Dubowski
  
• Pigwig and the Pirates by John Dyke
  
• Tough Boris by Mem Fox
  
• Sir Francis Drake: his daring deeds by Roy Gerrard
  
• Grandma and the Pirates by Phoebe Gilman
  
• Pirate Pearl by Phoebe Gilman.
  
• Captain Calamity's Big Mistake by Gaby Goldsack
  
• Pirates by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins
  
• Where Is The Pirate Treasure? Follow The Clues To Unravel The Mystery by Rupert Heath
  
• One-Eyed Jake by Pat Hutchins
  
• The pirates of Bedford Street by Rachel Isadora
  
• The pirate queen by Emily Arnold McCully
  
• Maggie and the pirate by Ezra Jack Keats
  
• Whatever You Do, Don't Go Near That Canoe! by Julie Lawson & Werner Zimmerman
  
• Pirates' Parrot by Lyn Rossiter McFarland
  
• Jolly Rogers and the Pirates Of Captain Abdul by Colin McNaughton
  
• Sail Away by Florence McNeil and David McPhail
  
• Edward and The Pirates by David McPhail
  
• Matthew and the Midnight Pirates by Allen Morgan
  
• The tale of Custard the Dragon. by Ogden Nash
  
• Captain Teachum's Buried Treasure by Korky Paul and Peter Carter
  
• The kettleship pirates by Rodney Peppe
  
• Halloween day by Anne F. Rockwell
  
• Big Boar's Mom Comes To Visit by Michael Salmon
  
• Peg Leg Pete and The Mermaid by Michael Salmon
  
• Talent Night On The Hogwash by Michael Salmon
  
• Who Stole Captain Porker's Treasure? by Michael Salmon
  
• Mrs. Pirate by Nick Sharratt
  
• Pirate Pandemonia by Jeremy Strong
  
• The Indoor Pirates by Jeremy Strong
  
• The Indoor Pirates On Treasure Island by Jeremy Strong
  
• Bottles of Eight & Pieces of Rum by Michele Torrey
  
• Do Pirates Take Baths by Kathy Tucker
  
• Obadiah the Bold by Brinton Turkle
  
• The Barefoot Book of Pirates retold by Richard Walker
  

Ages 7-10 Grades 2-5

• Bluebeards: Peril at the Pirate School by Tony Bradman
  
• Pirate's Promise by Clyde R. Bulla
  
• The Pirate's Yo-Ho Hoax by David LaRochelle
  
• Grace The Pirate by Kathryn Lasky
  
• The Revenge of the Pirate Ghost by Susan Saunders
  
• Commander Toad and The Space Pirates by Jane Yolen
  
• The Ballad Of The Pirate Queens by Jane Yolen
  

Ages 10 and up Grades 5 and up

• Captain Grey by Avi
  
• The Mystery of the Pirate's Treasure by Idella f. Bodie
  
• Adventure On Skull Island by Tony Bradman
  
• Dead Sailors Don't Bite by Anna Feinberg
  
• Pirate Trouble for Wiggy and Boa by Anna Feinberg
  
• The 13th floor: a ghost story by Sid Fleischman
  
• The Ghost in the Noonday Sun by Sid Fleischman
  
• Jack Holborn by Leon Garfield
  
• A Gift Of The Pirate Queen by Patricia R. Giff
  
• The Great Pirate Rambustification by Margaret Mahy
  
• The Man whose Mother was a Pirate by Margaret Mahy
  
• The Pirate Uncle by Margaret Mahy
  
• The Pirates mixed up Voyage by Margaret Mahy
  
• The Pirate's Son by Geraldine McCaughrean
  
• Captain Abdul's Pirate School by Colin McNaughton
  
• Jolly Roger by Colin McNaughton
  
• Granuaile: Chieftan Pirate Trader by Mary Moriarty
  
• Skull Island by Lesley Sims
  
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
  
• A Pirate's Life For Me! by Julie Thompson
  
• Flint's Island by Leonard Wibberley
  
• The Crime of Martin Coverly by Leonard Wibberley
  

Pirate Reference Books for Kids

• Lift the Lid on Pirates by Val Garwood
  
• The world of the pirate by Val Garwood
  
• P•i•r•a•t•e•s Robbers of the High Seas by Gail Gibbons
  
• The Pirate's Handbook by Margerette Lincoln
  
• In Profile Pirates and Privateers by Jeremy Pascall
  
• Pirate by Richard Platt
  
• Howard Pyle's book of pirates by Howard Pyle
  
• Pirates by Phillip Steele
  
• Buccaneers & Pirates of Our Coasts by Frank R. Stockton
  
• The Barefoot Book of Pirates retold by Richard Walker
  

Pirate Joke Books, Sticker Books, Coloring Books and Pirate Activity Books

• Ultimate Sticker Books: Pirate by Deni Bown
  
• Pirates and Buccaneers Coloring Book by Peter Copeland
  
• Pirate's Cove: Paint with Water
  
• Fun with Pirate Stencils by Paul E. Kennedy
  
• Secret spaces, imaginary places: creating your own worlds for play. by Elin McCoy
  
• Create Your Own Pirate Adventure Sticker Picture by Steven James Petruccio
  
• Pirates Stickers by Steven Petruccio
  
• Pirates Tatoos by Steven Pertuccio
  
• The Pirate's Secret Joke Book by Shoo Rayner
  
• The Great Pirate Activity Book by Deri Robins
  

There's many other pirate books out there to read. If you have read a good one and want to recommend it for my list, You can do that on my pirateform. You can also write a review for a pirate book! If you send me the name of the book, what the book is about, and why you liked it--I'll post your review on my reviews page!

You can win an award for reading pirate books! Click here to win this award!

I also have Printable Awards! Click here to see Them!

For a text version of this list click here.
For quick links to Amazon, Chapters.ca, and Amazon.co.uk for each title listed here, click here.

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