Talk like a Pirate Day

Aaarrrr, me hearties !!

Monday 19th of September do be 'Talk like a Pirate Day'. Unfortunately landlubbers we will not be in school to indulge in a spot of pirate talk. But never ye mind, there be plenty of pirate loot in the Library! Pirate books both fiction and non-fiction be amassed on the shelves for ye to enjoy. So shake a leg and set sail for the Library and enjoy a pirate tale or two over the holiday weekend!

Read the Horrible Histories Handbook- Pirates, for all those gruesome facts about real-life pirates from an explanation of 'keel-hauling' to descriptions of delicious pirate food!

For an amazing fantasy story try: The last of the sky pirates. Or, read the sequel to the original Peter Pan story - Peter Pan in scarlet- and find out what new dangers face Wendy and the Lost Boys when they return to Neverland.

Avast, me hearties

Did yer be knowin' that 19th September be "Talk like a pirate day"? Maybes yer did and maybes yer didn't. But to celebrate this event yer Library has a display of some mighty magnificent pirate tales and blood-curdling pirate facts for yer entertainment. So hurry on down scurvey rat and grab yerself some pirate booty.

Geoffrey Malone's book Pirates is a thrilling tale set in the South China Seas. Can Tom Lee's knowledge of the seas enable him to overcome the sinister pirate leader, the Dragon Lady?

Prefer to be terrified by true facts? The Horrible Histories Handbook on Pirates tells you all you ever wanted to know about pirates (and lots more you would probably have preferred not to know!) Find out about keel-hauling and dragging - fine examples of pirate punishments.

But be warned land-lubbers these books be not for the faint-of-heart!