Eve and the mermaid's tears

Summary: Eve and Oscar find themselves in a world where cutthroat pirates rule the waves and where the language of the sea is the only tongue spoken. It's the mermaids who need their help. They're being captured so their tears can be sold as treasure. But if these protectors of the ocean disappear then the balance of the ocean is upset and all marine life is under threat. Can Eve and Oscar find their sea legs and help the mermaids before it's too late

The unlikely adventure of Mabel Jones

Puffin books
Summary: When Mabel Jones unknowingly commits 'The Deed' she finds herself swiftly bundled into a sack and carried off to the pirate ship the Feroshus Maggot.    Crewed by the strangest bunch of pirates you would ever want to meet and captained by the dreaded Idryss Ebeneezer Split (a wolf with a false leg carved from a human thighbone, a rusty cutlass sheathed in his belt and a loaded pistol tucked in his pants with no fear of the consequences), the Feroshus Maggotwhisks Mabel Jones off on the adventure of a lifetime

On the story sea (Lola's Toybox #2)

When Lola is given an old toy box, she discovers it’s a magical passageway …

Lola and Buddy are aboard Pirate Sal's ship. Can they help the pirates protect the Story Sea?

The underwater planet

Spacemice ;
Based on an original idea by Elisabetta Dami
Summary: While at the beach, Geronimo Stiltonix stumbles upon a mysterious treasure map! The spacemice follow it and end up on Aquarix, a planet that's entirely underwater. During their exploration, they face fur-eating seaweed, ferocious piranha aliens and...pirate spacecats! Can the spacemice keep the spacecats from stealing their treasure

The bold ship phenomenal

New Zealand author
Summary: Malachi's life is dull, dull, dull. Dad's always busy and school is dreary, especially science. Then Malachi finds a mysterious bottle on the seashore, and things start to get exciting. What he discovers inside the bottle sends Malachi on the journey of his life. But pirates, smugglers, police and a grumpy pig soon have Malachi regretting his thirst for adventure. There are battles to be won, and the only one who can fight them is Malachi. Can he save himself and the bottle? And what about the pig

The quiet pirate

Summary: Barnaby might be quieter than the other pirates, but is he smarter?  Barnaby is the cabin boy for a crew of disreputable and noisy pirates, but he shows us that sometimes it is better to watch and listen and think than it is to shout and stomp and swagger
New Zealand author

The fierce little woman and the wicked pirate

New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator
Previously published: Auckland : Shortland Educational, 1984
Summary: The fierce little woman lives in a house at the end of a jetty and knits socks to sell to sailors. One stormy day a wicked pirate arrives on the jetty and starts tap-tapping on her window. She's not intimidated by the pirate's threats, but when he admits his fear, she relents and lets him into her house. Suggested level: junior

J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan

 Other Title: Peter Pan
Originally published as: J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and Wendy. 1998
Summary: All children grow up, all except one. The magical story of Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up, has captivated generations of children. Rose Impey's sensitive adaptation of the story makes it accessible to younger children, while retaining the spirit of the original J. M. Barrie text
J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and Wendy

Ten unlucky pirates

Ten unlucky pirates re invading Andy and Terry's treehouse!
But not for long...
This hilarious story from the bestselling The 26-Storey Treehouse has been formatted especially for beginner readers. (Back of Book).

The pirates and the nightmaker

It's 1740 . . .

The Firefly is taken in the night by pirates who sail the Caribbean. The ship's boy and a handful of men are set adrift in a jolly-boat. Without food or water the half-starved men eye up the young boy.

Astonishingly, a mysterious Mr Wicker saves the boy by turning him into an unearthly creature — an invisible flying boy with beautiful emerald-green wings.

When the boy is drawn to a ghost ship sailed by Captain Bass, he learns of the dangerous power of a magical astrolabe which Mr Wicker desperately seeks — and why Wicker must never find it.

The boy cannot trust Wicker . . . but is there anyone he can trust? Captain Bass? Sophie Blade, the pirate's daughter? And who can return him to himself?

Skulduggery

Summary: It's Ben's first day at pirate school. Yo-ho-ho! But something's not right. There's no piratin' going on! Can Ben and his trusty mate Short John Silver take on the landlubbers and get themselves back on the wrong side of the law? (Back cover)

The Jolley-Rogers and the ghostly galleon

Summary: Every full moon a mysterious ship is seen off the coast of Dull-on-Sea. The day after, gold and jewellery are missing from the homes, shops and museums of the town. Matilda needs the Jolley-Rogers' help to investigate.     Can Matilda and Jim Lad retrieve the stolen booty from the mysterious ship before the moon fades? Or will they end up stuck on board with ghostly pirates until the next full moon? Join Jim Lad and Matilda as they sail the seven seas (and the coast of Dull-on-Sea) in search of adventure and pirate loot, featuring the crew from The Pirates next door. (Publisher)

Treasure Island

Summary: Geronimo Stilton's fabumouse adaption of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Yo, ho, ho! Jim Hawkins is the name, and long-lost treasure is my game. It all began with an old pirate, a sea chest, and a mysterious map. Now I'm sailing off on the ship Hispaniola in search of Treasure Island. Cheese and crossbones! It will be a swashbuckling adventure. (From back cover)

Benji the Buccaneer

Includes a push out cardboard rocket to make
Summary: Benji is offered the chance of his dreams - to skip school and become a pirate for a day. But after battling sea monsters and searching for haunted buried treasure, does Benji have what it takes to be a good pirate

Fright in the night

Summary: Gruesome and Grisly McNasty will stop at nothing to get treasure! Their pirate ship has sunk, but no matter - they hijack a trawler, force everyone on it to walk the plank, and set sail for Little Snoring where they know Captain Syd's hoard is burried. But youngsters Tat and Hetty soon realise the ghastly twins are back, and plan to give them a real fright in the night - involving lots of glue

Marmaduke Duck on the wide blue seas

New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator
Summary: Marmaduke embarks on an ocean voyage but is interrupted by PIRATES - the Marmoset Monkeys and Orangutan Fang - wanting GOLD ... Bernadette Bear has been left at home but figures out where Marmaduke's gone and comes to the rescue with GOLD to trade ... GOLDEN marmalade jam, that is. (Publisher)

Buster's Big Surprise

On cover: Get ready to read
Summary: Buster Gutt is the biggest, baddest pirate who has ever sailed the seven seas. There is no food left on Buster Gutt's ship. His crew are starving. Luckily an island is up ahead. But there's a big surprise waiting for the pirates too! (From back cover)

Pirate Gold

Includes illustration that can be photocopied and coloured in

Yo ho ho and a bottle full of fun!
Avast there, me hearties! Join the Piganeers, the most bumbling band of swashbuckling pirates ever to sail the seven seas.
Suffering seaweed! Captain Porker's treasure is missing, and he's not happy!

The Great Piratical Rumbustification

Summary: Yo ho ho! All across the city, the pirates are getting restless and long for a party. So when a retired pirate comes to babysit for the Terrapin family, they are in for quite a surprise
New Zealand author
First published: 1978

The Man Whose Mother Was A Pirate

Sam was an ordinary person who wore an ordinary suit and ordinary shoes. He worked in a neat office writing down figures all day. But Sam's mother was a PIRATE!