The ship sails avast! I have lost the map, mateys! No shaking booty! Come sail the seven seas aboard the notorious Black Thunder! Landlubbers have a first-mate seat to the grizzly life of eighteenth-century pirates--as told by the surprisingly poetic if salty One One-Leg Sterling. Shiver me timbers, never before have we poppets been privy to the gritty goings-on of the rum-running, treasure-thieving, marauding masters of the open sea from the inside out. . . until now! From trading rum for buxom beauties to fighting those limey British bastards, this book reveals the swaggering derring-do of these plundering and treacherous buccaneers--17 syllables at a time!

Taking Haiku Places It Was Never Meant To Go A Warped and Twisted Take on Pirates If you love short 17-syllable poems about nature and the sublime this book is not for you. But, if you enjoy dark humor and have an affinity for pirates, you need this book. This collection of over 400 poems delves into every aspect of what it means to be a pirate. The book is divided into ten chapters, each with a different pirate theme. Inside you will discover haiku about: Job ads for pirates Pirate secrets Pirate obituaries Pirate love letters Pain and punishment The daily life of a pirate Interesting pirate facts Even more interesting pirate lies Pirate captain's handbook Pirate black market newspaper ads The haiku in this book are funny, dark, and occasionally in bad taste. But, they are never boring. Author Jason McBride prides himself on being able to write haiku on just about any topic. In this first book of the Twisted Haiku Series he takes the ancient Japanese poetry form and throws out the rulebook. Each haiku still has the familiar 5-7-5 syllable pattern, but these poems are anything but traditional. If you want to read haiku about torture, gunpowder, the dangers of snoring on a pirate ship, and much more, you can now get Pirate Haiku for less than a cup of coffee. What Are You Waiting For? Get Your Copy Right Now!

Two brothers use their imaginations to turn their surroundings--from a white bandana and yellow coins to a red blanket and even their baby sister--into a colorful pirate adventure before naptime. Full color.

Sometimes funny, sometimes touching, this adoption story, Won Ton, told entirely in haiku, is unforgettable. Nice place they got here. Bed. Bowl. Blankie. Just like home! Or so I've been told. Visiting hours! Yawn. I pretend not to care. Yet -- I sneak a peek. So begins this beguiling tale of a wary shelter cat and the boy who takes him home.

All you need to encourage a love and enthusiasm for reading and writing from a young age. Benefit from the experience of key educators across the Caribbean regions who have carefully designed this resource to give your students exactly the right introduction to the Language Arts curriculum. -Ensure a steady transition from Creole to Standard English with an introductory section on language acquisition in the Teacher Guides called Language Strategy. -Cover technicality of grammar, vocabulary and syntax using picture cues and writing as well as reading and reading comprehension. -Offer exposure to many different forms of text with a variety of different text types and genres. -Connect reading and writing with templates, to make sure that students don't fall behind and progress evenly with both. Support for this student book is available from the accompanying Teacher's Guide 9781510414259.

It's time for recess, and the schoolyard is teeming with young pirates ready for action.