The Night Pirates

By Peter Harris

Book Overview

A much-loved adventure on the high seas from Peter Harris and Deborah Allwright. Perfect for every reader who loved Pirates Love Underpants and The Pirates Next Door.

One night, young Tom is awoken by noises outside his house. He peeps out of the window and what should he see but PIRATES. And stranger still they're GIRL PIRATES stealing the front of his house Tom joins their adventure across the high seas to an island where some rather lazy and silly grown-up pirates are guarding their treasure. Not very successfully Tom and the girl-pirates make a surprise attack and are soon off on the seas once more with the treasure

This swashbuckling pirate story from Peter Harris and Deborah Allwright has become a modern-day classic. Great fun to read-aloud and entertaining for both boys and girls, The Night Pirates is a bedtime story to inspire the imagination of kids aged 3 and up.

Peter Harris was born in London in 1933. He has written for television, radio and children's comics. His picture books include Have You Seen Max? and Bottomley the Brave.

Deborah Allwright has made a dramatic impact on the picture book scene since the publication of The Night Pirates. Her other wonderful books include Hooray for Knickers and The Witch with an Itch.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140521161X
• ISBN13: 9781405211611
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Farshore
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 11.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Girl pirates in an engaging adventure

This is one of my favorite children's books (and fortunately my 3-year old son likes it too). The illustrations are original and fun, the story as enjoyable to read, and the heroes are LITTLE GIRL PIRATES who spirit away a little boy on a grand adventure. You can't help but love it!

A great book for both parents and kids

My two love to read and re-read this book over and over again. My little boy loves to pretend he gets to crew with the girl pirates. Wonderful illustrations and cute rhymes make this a fun read for mommy too!

Yeah, Girl Pirates!

We love this book! We are parents who love anything pirate. We were so happy to find a book for our 2-year-old daughter about rowdy girl pirates. Often pirate books are about boys. Its fun that a boy gets to come along on the adventure, but its the girls who are the main protagonists. The illustrations are great too.

a must for PIRATE picture book lovers!

Lovely illustrations take the reader into pirateland; the slowing moving text across the pages makes sleepytime come for certain. We crave anything about pirates and this is a fun bedtime story to add to our list.

Love this book ....

We picked this book up in the UK recently (different publisher) - it's the new favorite book in our house. My 4 yr old has memorized all the words - can't go to sleep without reading it. Even my 7 yr old will come in when he hears us reading this book. Great for boys and girls (the pirates ARE girls after all). Beautiful illustrations, lovely rhyming, can't say enough good things!