Book cover: "Tales of Pirates" with illustrated pirates, a ship, treasure chest, and ocean waves.
Format: Hardcover
Age Range: 8–10
Book Size: 9" x 11"
ISBN: 9781684494507
Pages: 160
Publication Date: September 16, 2025
Price: US $21.99 / CAN $30.99

Tales of Pirates

Adventures on the Seven Seas

Set sail on the seven seas with this book about the most fearsome pirates the world has ever seen from Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle.

In this collection of daring deeds and awesome adventures from history prepare to be flabbergasted by:

  • The time Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates
  • Ching Shih, the Chinese woman who was the most successful pirate of all time
  • The Russian river pirates who lay siege to medieval towns!

Tales of Pirates includes sagas of famous pirates like Blackbeard, Ching Shih and Francis Drake, as well as stories of buccaneers you might not have heard of, such as Grace O’Malley, who went to sea disguised as a boy and Sayyida al Hurra, a Moroccan queen turned privateer.

Alongside the gripping stories you’ll also learn about pieces of eight, different pirate flags, and even spend some time in Nassau in the Caribbean, the short-lived capital of the Republic of Pirates!

You’d better read it, or you’ll be walking the plank…

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Author & Illustrator

Olivia Meikle and Katie Nelson are professors, podcasters—and sisters! Their first joint venture was a speculative enterprise where Katie (age 7) attempted to dig a hole to China, and Olivia (age 11) built a hospital for all the worms that came out of the hole. The project went so well that they’ve enjoyed working together ever since. Together they host the popular What’sHerName history podcast. Olivia and Katie are compulsive travelers who have lived on three continents, but now they teach History (Katie) and Women’s Studies (Olivia) on opposite sides of the Rocky Mountains. Between them, Katie and Olivia have two husbands, five kids, two parakeets, one schnauzer, one hermit crab, and approximately one zillion years of schooling.

George Ermos is a UK based illustrator who graduated from the university of Lincoln in 2014. Since graduating he has worked on illustrating many stories, preferring titles with historical or mysterious themes. His interest in history has led to an obsession with all things old and time-worn, from retro packaging to antique curios, the hunt for more illustrative inspiration n

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