Welcome back to our series of posts on our favourite books for children of different ages to give you some gift ideas for the holiday season. In our last post we covered our favourite board books for infants and toddlers and this time around we will focus on our favourite picture books for pre-school to early elementary school aged children.
We've always found it odd that pirates have become such popular characters for children. Gone are the brutal realities of their exploits, replaced with funny little costumes and odd speech. We're not sure what has made this sanitized modern image of pirates popular, it's probably "Treasure Island" or the Disneyland "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride, but whatever the reason it is here to stay. Not only are pirates popular characters for Halloween costumes and Lego sets, but there are also some mighty fine picture books with pirate characters. Here are some of "arrrrr" favourites:
