Everything I Know about Pirates

I haven't read this book, but my 5-yr-old grandson, Ryan Shaffer of Houston, Texas, has and he said in a phone call: "This is my favorite book ever." Sounds like a pretty good endorsement to me! Carol Shaffer

How do pirates get their eyes poked out so they have to wear eyepatches? While they're swimming, a clumsy swordfish comes along and pokes him in the eye! If you liked that, you'll love the book Everything I Know About Pirates. It can answer just about every question you have and is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud. Can't wait for the author's next book.

A great book. My kids LOVED it. They were HOWLING. In fact, while I was reading it to my 7 and 5 year old boys, my wife came in to see what they were laughing so hard about.The boys also played pirates the next day. And the next day. And the whole week.Overall, it is a very witty, well-written and well-drawn book that parents will enjoy even more than their kids.Heck, even pirates would enjoy it. If they could take a few minutes away from plundering to bother reading it.

Everything I Know About Pirates is one terrific book that your kids will be fighting over. Tom Lichtenheld asks and answers many of those age old questions that we've always wondered about. For instance, you can find out about pirate clothes and accessories, pirate ships and pirate maps; why pirates look mean, smell bad and walk the plank...and this is just the start. And the text is complimented by wonderful, busy illustrations that everyone will love. There's even a name chart to help you pick your own pirate name and a handy glossary to explain pirate words and terms. A rip roarin' time for the whole family. This book is a must for all home libraries.

A couple years back I suffered an eye injury, and as a result I had to wear a drugstore-issue eye patch for a while. Now, when you're wearing an eye patch you find yourself answering a lot of questions. Understandably, I began to pepper my answers with words like "Aaaaaarrrggh" and "Matey."So when Tom Lichtenheld's book "Everything I Know About Pirates" came out, I had to look into it - if only to pick up some tips about my new high-seas alter ego. I picked up a lot more than I'd bargained for.Lichtenheld has produced a children's book predicated on the gleeful acknowledgement that he knows absolutely nothing about the subject at hand: pirates. But he forges ahead fearlessly with preposterous explanations of who the pirates are and what makes them tick. It's dopey, smart, hilarious stuff - that rare brand of humor that manages to make rather profound sense by throwing logic out the door. The brand of humor that's been proven effective at turning kids into masses of laughing jelly. The brand of humor that a lot of us grown-ups would do well to get back in touch with.Lichtenheld not only wrote the book; he illustrated it, too. And the drawings are every bit the equal of the writing. Detailed, witty, filled with hidden jokes that reward repeated readings, they make "Pirates" a delight even for kids so young they wouldn't know a printed word from a soiled diaper.In sum, "Everything I Know About Pirates" is like a mom or dad who can spin funny, wonderful bedime stories out of thin air, time after time. In other words, a rarity. If you have kids, you and they will both love it. If you don't have kids...well, this book might make you want to.