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July
2007
Pirates and
Treasure Hunts
Younger Fiction
- Beck, Andrea
Elliot
Digs for Treasure
Kids Can Press, 2001
E Bec (Grades 1-3)
Elliot and his friends find an old treasure map, and begin to dig for
treasure. After finding a few old things, they discover that it is not
really a treasure map, but simply a plan for planting a tree, and now
they are stuck in the hole. The cleverness of a friend helps them to get
out.
- Hays, Geoffrey
The
Mystery of the Pirate Ghost
Random House, 1985
E Hay (Grades 1-3)
Otto and his Uncle Tooth track down the pirate ghost terrorizing Blood
Bay.
- Leonard, Marcia
Violet
and the Pirates
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1992
E Leo (Grades 1-3)
Longing to be a sailor, Violet the dressmaker stows away on a ship.
- McPahil, David
Edward
and the Pirates
Little Brown, 1997
E McP (Grades 1-3)
Once Edward has learned to read, books and his vivid imagination provide
him with a great adventure involving pirates.
- Marzollo, Dan
I
Spy Pirate Treasure
New York : Scholastic, 2003
E Mar (Picture)
Characters locate a variety of hidden objects when they pretend to be
pirates.
- Shulevitz, Uri
The
Treasure
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
E Shu (Grades 1-3)
A retelling of the traditional English tale in which a poor man follows
the advice of his dream and is eventually led to a treasure.
- Williams, Garth
Benjamin's
Treasure
HarperCollins, 2001
E Wil (Grades 1-3)
A rabbit gets stranded on a deserted island with a trunk full of
treasure and must find his way home.
Older Fiction
- Avi
Windcatcher
Bradbury Press, 1991
+ Avi
While learning to sail during a visit to his grandmother's at the
Connecticut shore, 11 year old Tony becomes excited about the rumors of
a sunken treasure in the area and starts following a couple who seem to
making a mysterious search for something.
- Buckey, Sarah Master
The
Smuggler's Treasure
Pleasant Co. Publications, 1999
+ Buc (Series)
Sent to live with relatives in New Orleans during the War of 1812, 11
year old Elisabet is determined to find a smuggler's treasure to ransom
her imprisoned father.
- Dadey, Debbie
Pirates
Don't Wear Pink Sunglasses
Scholastic, 1994
+ PB Dad
A real pirate hunting for a treasure wouldn't wear pink sunglasses,
would he? The Bailey School Kids are determined to find out.
- Dicks, Terrance
Goliath
and the Buried Treasure
Barron's Educational Series, 1984
+ Dic
Canine Goliath's fondness for digging holes gets him into big trouble
with the neighbors ,but also transforms him into the most unlikely hero
in town.
- Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
The
Treasure of Bessledorf Hill
Antheneum Books for Young Readers, 1997
+ Nay
The people of Middleburg search for buried treasure around Besseldorf
Hill and the
Besseldorf Hotel.
Paulsen, Gary
The
Case of the Dirty Bird
Dell, 1992
+ PB Pau
Dunc Culpepper and his best friend Amos, acting on a tip from a pet shop
parrot set off in search of buried treasure.
Platt, Richard
Pirate
Diary, the Journal of Jake Carpenter
Candlewick Press, 2001
+ Pla
The fictional diary of a ten year old boy who, in 1716 sets off from North
Carolina to become a sailor, but ends up as pirate instead.
Shura, Mary Francis
Don't
Call Me Toad
Dodd Mead and Co., 1987
+ PB Shu
An uneasy friendship with the strange and angry new girl in her neighborhood
leads 11 year old Janie Potter to discover a hidden cache of money and
stolen treasure.
Johnson, Lois Walfred
Mystery
of the Missing Map
Bethany House, 1994
+ PB Joh
When 13 year old Kate, her step brother Anders, and their friend Erik go to
visit Kate's blind second cousin in Michigan, in 1907, they decide to try to
find a long lost map that will supposedly lead to a fort.
Nonfiction
- Hibbert, Clare
Real
Pirates : Over 20 True Stories of Seafaring Sculduggery
Enchanted Lion Books, 2003
+ 910.4 Hib
A collection of true pirate tales from the Caribbean and Mediterranean
seas and the
Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans, revealing the pirates' tools,
ships and special equipment.
- Thompson, Brenda
Pirates
Lerner Publication, 1977
+ 910.4 Tho
Briefly discusses piracy and some famous pirates between 1500 and 1800.
- Hort, Lenny
Treasure
Hunts! Treasure Hunts!
Harper Collins, 2000
+ 791.4 Hor
Provides instruction for setting up and carrying out a variety of
treasure hunts and scavenger hunt games and treasure related facts and
puzzles.
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