Pirates by David L. Harrison

Pirates is a creatively written selection of poems that tells the tale of a pirate's life. From poems titles such as "Signing on a Crew", "Sail in Sight" and Blackbeard" Pirates really is an entertaining book. However, the part that really interested me was the "Here's how it was..." section at the end of the book. This is the part of the book where the author takes on the persona of a pirate and tells us all the things we think we know...but are wrong. It'd be like taking the history of pirates from Professor Blackbeard. It's really a cute touch and caught my attention right away, which means most kids will love it!