DK Eyewitness Books: Pirate: Discover the Pirates Who Terrorized the Seas from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean Hardcover – May 21, 2007

This is a great introduction to pirates! Fantastic. I bought my copy used (an old beat up library copy, but who cares) and I read it cover to cover the first hour or so I had it. I live near a river where Captain Kidd is supposed to have hung out, and have always had a fascination with pirates. While written for kids, this book provides an excellent starting source for adults as well, defining terms and illustration all sorts of things from ship parts to weapons to treasure maps. I'm working on a fictional book and needed some quick references and this book is ideal. You simply cannot beat DK for producing useful, fun and beautifully designed books. I would imagine boys would flip over this book.

Excellent reference books!I love this publisher! They come up with the most interesting layouts and presentations of informational text relating to specific topics. However, as a 5th grade teacher and a mom of an advanced reader, I see kids just looking at the pictures again and again saying, "Hey! What's that?" (pointing to a photo in the beautiful book) and not reading the caption. Most of these books are dense with vocabulary (I love that) and small font on captions, which make them hard for children to actually read independently.Love DK...nice stuff

I gave this as a gift to my six year old grandson and he loves the book. He is an advanced reader and loves detail so this series of books has been great for him. Even if your child is not a reader, there are a lot of pictures. So, if they love the topic (this book comes in a variety of topics), they will most likely enjoy the book.

My kids loved this book. It comes with a CD of pictures that wasn't very good but the book was a hit. Great historical facts on pirates through the ages.

Product was as described.

Very detailed, great pictures and very engaging. My son loved it!

Great book. Came in condition as described. The only issue was the shipping, item came later than it was supposed to.

Good book, but questionable for the age of the intended audience. See excerpt below.

Poxa vida, ainda vem com um CD de imagens. Muitas images arqueológica navais, corsários e piratas. O livro é muito rico.

no good