No, you don’t usually think of reading as a typical Pirate trait, but my Pirates read, alot, daily. It took me a good while to home in on appropriate (not gratuitously violent, no pornographic themes [been to the library lately?] no “parents as idiot”themes, no drivel) reading material. I think we finally have a pretty good inventory of great reads. This is what the Pirates showed up with when I told them to, “Bring me what you’re reading.”

The Cap’n is reading: The Maxims of Robert E. Lee For Young Gentlemen, The Flags of the Fifty States, Thoughts for Young Men by J.C. Ryle, All Things For Good – The Steadfast Fidelity of Stonewall Jackson by J. Steven Wilkins, The Young Fur Traders by R M Ballantyne, By Right of Conquest by G A Henty, The Christian Warrior by Johann Christoph Von Schmid

Calico Zak’s list: Call of Duty – The Sterling Nobility of Robert E Lee by J. Steven Wilkins, In Freedom’s Cause by G A Henty, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne, Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates (required reading), King’s Arrow by Douglas Bond, Codes Ciphers Secrets and Cryptic Communication by Fred B Wrixon, Thoughts for Young Men by J C Ryle

Billy Bones is reading these: Eyewitness Astronomy, Will Rogers’ Rope Tricks by Frank Dean, Unwrapping the Pharaohs by John Ashton and David Down, Life in the Great Ice Age by Michael Oard, A Jacobite Exile by G A Henty, The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

Cannonball Jack rotates among these books: Jingle Bear by Stephen Cosgrove, How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Murray Chandler, The Cheyenne – A New True Book, Hunting Grizzly Bears by Bamman Whitehead, Arthur’s Prize Reader by Lillian Hoban, A Sweet Singer by Marla Martin, Finding The Titanic by Robert D Ballard, Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel, George Washington – Soldier Hero President by Justine and Ron Fontes, Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel, Marshal Matt and the Puzzling Prints Mystery by Nancy Sanders, The Josefina Story Quilt by Eleanor Coerr

The Squid enjoys these books: I Spy Book of Picture Riddles by Walter Wick, Pickles To Pittsburg by Judy Barrett, The Long Way to a New Land by Joan Sandin, Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express by Eleanor Coerr, Lucille by Arnold Lobel, Helen Keller – Courage in the Dark by Johanna Hurwitz, Small Wolf by Nathaniel Benchley, Dancing with Manatees by Faith McNulty, A Bug A Bear and A Boy by David McPhail, Fire Fighter! by Angela Royston, Snowshoe Thompson by Nancy Smiler Levinson, Ask Mr Bear by Marjorie Flack, Johnny Appleseed by Eva Moore, Little Black Goes to the Circus by Walter Farley, The Circus – A New True Book, The Cherokee – A New True Book, Blaze and Thunderbolt by C W Anderson

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