Pirates Don T Drive Diggers

Digger-mad Brad is not cut out for a pirate's life. Instead he dreams of life on a construction site. When the Salty Dog sets sail, can he prove to Captain Jack that pirates do drive diggers after all? This charmingly illustrated story about Brad and his pirate family helps young children learn to read with carefully leveled text.

Granny Mutton loves to knit, but her grandson Little Lionel is not impressed by his overly long scarf. Luckily Lionel's friends find lots of fun things they can do with a scarf and a half! With carefully leveled text and charming illustrations, this story about having fun with a long scarf introduces young children to reading.

The Wildlife Park is awarding gold stars to the animals, and George the giraffe has the perfect spot on his fence for one. But will George win a gold star? George and his animal friends introduce young children to reading with leveled text and full-color illustrations.

Originally published in Horsham, West Sussex by Maverick Arts Publishing Ltd. in 2016.

At Wildlife Park the penguins have started up a new club . . . but only black and white animals are invited. Feeling left out, George the giraffe comes up with his own plan. This story about including everyone uses charming illustrations and carefully leveled text to help young children learn to read.

It is with great concern that I must still acquaint your Lordships of the daily complaints I receive of piracies and robberies committed in these parts, insomuch that there is hardly one ship or vessel, coming in or going out of this island that is not plundered.'' (Sir Nicholas Lawes, Governor of Jamaica, June 1718) Sir Nicholas Lawes was writing to the British Government during the early 18th century, a time that later became known as the ''golden age of piracy''. In the following two centuries fictional works about pirates became increasingly popular, colouring the public perception of this terror of the seas into a romantic, swashbuckling anti-hero who forced prisoners to walk the plank and sought buried treasure where X marked the spot. And yet the reality was far more intriguing and terrible. Ruthless fighters, often horrifically violent, pirates were also outstanding sailors, cunning planners and democratic equal opportunists. Their articles, signed by all crew members (sometimes forcibly), shared the spoils fairly and demanded consideration to each other. Their treatment of prisoners, however, was another matter. In 'The Pirates Pocket-Book', the true savage story of the pirates comes to light through extracts taken from contemporary books, documents, news articles, witness accounts, and trial reports. From diaries, logbooks, letters and depositions comes the full fascinating take of a pirate''s life and death. The truth about wooden legs, parrots and the ''jolly rodger'', treasure maps, pirate attacks and infamous trials, is told through the vivid accounts of those who encountered the pirates personally, as victims, crew members or arresting officers.