2008 Beehive Award- Informational Winner

J/910.45/ADKINS,J
Adkins's talent for combining words, illustration, and design is uniquely well-suited to the world of pirates. This large format, full-color picture book presents pirate history and pirate lore, pirate ships and equipment, and pirate life.

J/PAPERBACK/BAILEY,L
King Krystal of Elidor has a problem: Sarksa pirates have captured the queen. Desperate for her return, King Krystal summons a hero from the Dream Machine. Enter Danny Ray, the best rodeo cowboy in Oklahoma. The only problem? Danny is only 11 years old.

J/SF/DIAMAND,E
It's the 22nd century and, because of climate change, much of England is underwater. Lilly is out fishing when greedy raiders pillage the town and kidnap the prime minister's daughter. Her village blamed, Lilly decides to find the girl. Off she sails, in secret and with a ransom: a mysterious talking jewel.

J/PAPERBACK/SERIES/RODENTS
My sister had come up with a new way to torment me. She'd combined my two least favorite things - travel and ghosts! Thea had heard rumors of a haunted pirate treasure buried on a desert island. And before I could say "avast ye scurvy rats," she'd dragged me into her treasure hunt!

J/FICTION & J/PAPERBACK/MARSH,C
Four kids search the Bath, N.C. area for a missing prop from a play--the head of Blackbeard the Pirate.

J/PAPERBACk/SERIES/MAGIC
Jack and Annie are in deep trouble when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the days of desert islands, secret maps, hidden gold--and ruthless pirates! Will Jack and Annie discover a buried treasure? Will they find out the identity of the mysterious M? Or will they "walk the plank?

J/FICTION/PLATT,R
Leaving his home in 1716, young Jake Carpenter becomes involved in an adventure in piracy. His detailed journal entries provide many colorful stories of life on the high seas. Illustrations.

J/FICTION & J/PAPERBACK/REES,D
This quirky tale full of seafaring fun follows the adventures of a boy who has what every kid wants--a pirate for an uncle. After Desperate Evil Wicked Bob and his talking penguin, Captain Jack, come to live with Wilson and his parents, life will never be the same. Illustrations.

J/910.45/TEMPLE,B
You are making your living at sea at a time when pirates ruled the oceans. Will you stick to an honest life or risk everything for the riches and adventure of piracy?