Pirates Magnified
by David Long (Author)
Ahoy shipmate! Grab your magnifying glass and seek out history's most notorious pirates in this swashbuckling search-and-find adventure, packed with over 200 things to spot! Explore the lives of 10 real pirates and learn about life on the high seas, whilst using the free magnifying glass to spot more than 200 pirate-themed items in each eye-boggling illustration. Kids will have fun using the magnifying glass to search whilst learning about real life pirates in this seafaring adventure!
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School Library Journal
Gr 3-6—Sixteen spreads introduce all things pirate related in an engaging way, making this much more than a theme-specific search-and-find book. Delving into the Golden Age of Piracy, readers gain background knowledge about swashbuckling as well as certain figures in particular. These include Blackbeard, Black Bart, and Anne Bonny, and Mary Read. Meanwhile, readers are invited to spot 10 things on each spread. Cartoon illustrations are tiny, detailed, and at times humorous. The writing is clear, lively, and concise. A "Rogues Gallery" is included, giving very brief biographies of 21 pirates not mentioned in the previous pages. Further things to look for, an answer key, a "Talk like a Pirate" page, and glossary are appended. This is more for pleasure reading than report writing. The magnifying glass, attractively packaged in the front cover, is fun, and the book will still be useful if and when said lens goes missing. VERDICT This is a fine offering on a popular subject; entertaining and briefly informative for pirate enthusiasts and landlubbers alike.—Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI
Copyright 2017 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Review quotes
"Book of the Week 'This book is fantastic... So far this is easily one of the most impressive [non-fiction titles about real life pirates] we've seen. Utterly wonderful stuff'" - Read It Daddy
David Long writes for adults and children and specializes in history. As a journalist, he has written for the Times, Sunday Times, and London Evening Standard as well as for magazines in Britain and abroad. He is an award-winning ghostwriter and one of his own books was voted Blue Peter Book of the Year 2017.
Harry Bloom is a freelance illustrator based in London. He specialises in creating detailed illustrations for children's books. Pirates Magnified is his first book for Wide Eyed Editions.
JNF066000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Pirates
