Media specialist, Melissa Judy, has put together a recommended reading list for the month of September. This month we are highlighting "Talk like a pirate day" celebrated on September 19. View her suggestions for all ages below.

Age: Birth-6

Captain Beastlie's Pirate Party by Lucy Coats, illustrated by Chris Mould


 

How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long and David Shannon (Illustrator)


 

Pie-Rats! by Lisa Frenkel Riddiough and David Mottram (Illustrator)

Age: 5-11

When I Was a Pirate by Tom Silson, illustrated by Ewa Poklewska-Koziello


 

Octopants and the Missing Pirate Underpants by Suzy Senior, illustrated by Claire Powell


 

Captain Pug by Laura James and Églantine Ceulemans

Age: 10-14

Pirates of Darksea by Catherine Doyle


 

The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found by Martin W. Sandler



 

I Escaped Amazon River Pirates by Scott Peters and Ellie Crowe

Age: 13-18

Pirates! by Celia Rees


 

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel



 

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Age: 18+

Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson




 

Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign by Stephan Talty

 

The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon