Among the pirate books my son checked out of the library last month was "Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah."
It's a true story of a slave ship that was captured by pirate captain Sam Bellamy. Heavily laden with treasure, it sank in 1717 during a nor'easter off Cape Cod. Author Barry Clifford discovered the ship in 1984 and wrote a book about the galley and its crew.
Inspired, my son and husband built a model of a ship, adapting it to look like the galley in the book -- right down to its Jolly Roger and British flags and a miniature Captain Bellamy in a red coat.
To my son's disappointment, it has 12 cannons instead of the Whydah's 18. But true to form, it's a sleeker and faster ship than his Daddy's elaborate model of the Constitution. And that makes him happy.
More great books from the library:
- Suprising Sharks (Nicola Davies)
- The Best Book of Pirates (Barnaby Harward)
- The Pirate Cruncher (Jonny Duddle)
- Skippy John Jones in Mummy Trouble (Judy Schachner)
- Big Wolf and Little Wolf: The Little Leaf that Wouldn't Fall (Nadine Brun-Cosme)
- Frog and Toad are Friends (Arnold Lobel)
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