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Pirate Books & Rhymes For Kids

November 7, 2018 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Ahoy there me hearties!

I’ve been noticing that people often search for Pirate themed activities on the blog, so this collection of Pirate Books & Rhymes for kids is sure to satisfy the adventurous cravings of all those little pirates out there!

Pirate books

We’re Going On A Treasure Hunt

The Pirate imaginative movement activity below will also go down well too. It is of course inspired and adapted from Michael Rosen’s classic book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.

Read this pirate version of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – renamed to We’re Going on a Treasure Hunt –  below adding in the appropriate actions. Children love improvising with these, so that the whole activity becomes imaginative movement with story telling.

We’re going on a treasure hunt,  we’re going on a treasure hunt.
Going to find some gold.   We’re not scared!

Oh no! A deep, dark lagoon!
We can’t go over it,  we can’t go under it.
Oh no!  We’ll have to wade through it.
Splish-splash, splish-splash, splish-splash.

We’re going on a treasure hunt,  we’re going on a treasure hunt.
Going to find some gold!  We’re not scared.

Oh no! Quick Sand. A deep, gluey quick sand!
We can’t go over it,   we can’t go under it.
Oh no!   We’ll have to go through it.
Squelch-squerch, squelch-squerch, squelch-squerch!

We’re going on a treasure hunt,  we’re going on a treasure hunt.
Going to find some gold.  We’re not scared!

Oh no! A cave! A big, dark cave!
We can’t go over it,  we can’t go under it.
Oh no!   We must go through it.
Tip-toe, tip-toe, tip-toe.

One wooden leg.
One shiny hook.
Black eye-patch.
Oh no! It’s a pirate!

Quick! Back through the cave  – Tip-toe, tip-toe, tip-toe.

Back through the quick sand – Squelch-squerch, squelch-squerch, squelch-squerch!

Back through the lagoon – Splish- splash,  splish-splash,  splish-splash!

Get to the house.
Open the door.
Run up the stairs.
Oh no! Forgot to shut the door!
Back down the stairs.
Shut the door.
Back up the stairs.
Into bed.
Under the covers. (Sigh.) 
We’re never going on a treasure hunt again.

Pirate Books & Rhymes

The pirate theme is always a firm favourite so do check out our  Pirate Songs and activities for more ideas. They’re all so full of colourful romance and swash-buckling fun!

Shiver Me Timbers! Pirate Poems

There Was An Old Pirate Who Swallowed A Fish

How To Be A Pirate

 Pirate Pete And His Smelly Feet

Pirate Pete’s Giant Adventure

 Pirate Pete Talk Like A Pirate

The Captain Pugwash Collection

I had to include this collection as it was my son’s absolute favourite when he was little! It’s difficult to get hold of these days, but if you do come across a copy, do snap it up! It’s the ultimate Piratey fun!

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