This was a great story for children that incorporates some of their favorite characters. Reading and Pirates, what's not to love?!

Pirates take over library looking for treasure and adventure - and find it in unexpected places! A wonderful story about reading, great for kids who love pirates.

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I was looking forward to reading this one because I love the library but not a huge fan of pirates. I was surprised that I actually liked this book. A lot of the book was either missing or would not cross over with the kindle app but what I did read and see was a really good book. It is a great book for kids that are not to fond of the library. Shows things in a different light. The only negative thing I can think of this book is that the artwork was not good at all. It seemed like they didn't spend enough time on the pictures.

A fun story set in a library that is invaded by pirates. The repetitive text and bright illustrations would no doubt be appreciated by young children. Sadly I felt it relied a bit too much on outdated stereotypes- modern libraries are seldom silent places, they are a lot more vibrant than in past years.

This was an interesting concept to get kids interested in exploring their local library by using a treasure map and pirates, however, I felt the story was just ok. The illustrations were nice and I like the overall message of the book but there was nothing really special about it. I think since the Pirate was named after the Dewey Decimal System that they would incorporate that more into the story and not just as an informational page at the end. However, this may be a good introductory to the library system for younger children to get them interested in visiting their local library and getting their own library card.




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This book is a very good look at how to find your way in the library. It tells the tale of pirates while giving an overview of the way the library is organized. As a librarian, I found it engaging and easy to follow along.

Pirates in the Library is a wonderful book about Captain Jake and his pirates find the treasure of books and how there are books for every one in the library.

This book is very good for reading aloud to children. It belongs on the shelves of every library!

My final book, I'll confess, is not completely a new book, having been released in October 2016. That said, it was a new to me book and a cute library themed adventure with pirates! Pirates in the Library by Nadia Ali is a cute book that follows the crew of the good ship Sweet Alma Marie as they search for the treasure of the "Dread Pirate Dewey" from a map designed by Ms. Benitez, the librarian in town.

Though the pirates don't have the best of manners at first, speaking loudly and crashing into the library, Ms. Benitez takes everything in stride. Her focus becomes teaching the pirates that books can be treasures that everyone enjoy. Working as an introductory guide to children to what the library offers (which is a little bit of everything!), Pirates in the Library should potentially be part of your library's collection of story time books for school visits and story times to new visitors.

To sum up my feelings on these books, I think I will be looking into adding all three of these books to my library's collection, ready to hunt out something new for my collection.

What a fun approach to library organization and the Dewey decimal system. From the nap at the very beginning to the various pirate ships coming through, the treasure of books and libraries really unfold. I loved this book and think it would be a great book to have on display in all libraries. This would be a good book to use to start a new school year in existing how to find a book you want.

The watercolor illustrations were beautifully colorful and fun, but the story was lackluster - and I had such high hopes for the concept based on the title! The librarian makes a fun "treasure map" to help patrons navigate the library (which, as shown, wouldn't help much? As a librarian, I can tell you, it should be much more detailed!!) Some of the maps mysterious end up in the hands of real pirates, who think it is a real treasure map, and make their way to the library. The gentle librarian tells them to scour the stacks to find their "treasure" in books, and the pirates are delighted with what they find (even if it's not the doubloons they were expecting!) and all get library cards and take books with them. The concept had potential, but the wording was just a bit uninspiring - maybe it needed a bit more detail? I'm not sure what it was lacking exactly. Also, as the target audience seemed to be pre-readers, I was a bit unsure about the lengthy explanation of Dewey Decimal System included in the back - they won't be able to understand that for years yet!

When Captain Jack and his rough crew of pirates burst into the library, Mrs. Benitez couldn't be more thrilled. Captain Jack has found one of her Dread Pirate Dewey's Decimal maps! Reminding Captain Jack and his crew of the library rules of being quiet and no parrot squawking, she sends them off into the stacks in search of treasure. Captain Jack looks and looks but can't find a single doubloon but his crew seems to have found something even better.

This picture book does a splendid job of pointing out the true treasure of libraries. Books! Stories! It has fun and enticing illustrations that make me want to take another trip to my local library. Perhaps in search of some more great pirate stories. You'll be thrilled to see Captain Jack's crew search the stacks for treasure and what stories they end up discovering.

There's an educational bit at the end that tells us about the Dewey Decimal system and how we can use it to find books we are looking for at the library.

Pirates find a Library treasure map and visit the library in search of treasure. After learning a few library rules, such as using a whisper voice, they begin their search. Slowly each disappears, until the captain finds himself alone. What happened to the crew? Did they find treasure in the library?
I would use this book to discuss library rules and introduce the Dewey categories to elementary students.

When a librarian makes a treasure map to help people find books in the library, a pirate crew thinks they will find real treasure, gold and diamonds, and they storm into the library! The pirate crew soon finds better treasure in the books they read and enjoy, but the pirate Captain is harder to convince. It's up to the courageous librarian to show the Captain just how precious books can be.

This cute little story is full of fun and laughter, and I like the way that the crew all pick very different books on many subjects, and all their choices are detailed both in the text and in the illustrations. The cook finds a recipe book, the first mate reads a book about mutiny, and even the parrot finds a book about birds!

The librarian is a calm and cheerful authority figure in the library, and she reminds the pirates that there is no hollering, hooting, or rough-housing in the library. The pirates are effectively daunted by her poised manner, and they even remind the parrot not to squawk.

The illustrations are sweet and colorful, and the funny expressions on the faces of the pirate crew are delightful!

My one problem with this book is that there are a couple of places where things seem to be written out of order, and a place where the illustrations are out of order as well.. The Captain should look wary and angry at first, and then look happy second, but the illustrations are out of order on the page. I think an editor should have caught this and rearranged things to make better sense.

Disclaimer: I received an ecopy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review. All the opinions stated here are my own true thoughts and are not influenced by anyone.

This one was fun! Preschoolers and younger first readers will find this story, not only fun, but informative! Great illustrations!

This was a cute book about finding treasure in the library. I liked how the author used the treasure map called the decimal map. Written well.

This interesting children's story nurtures an understanding of the treasure that is books and the libraries that maintain them, while incorporating the Dewey Decimal organisational system.

This has a good concept, and you know when I say that, that the concept was probably the best part of the book, and you would be right. I love the idea of pirates in a library, searching for treasure. The pictures were bright and colorful, the pirate had a parrot and fake leg. It was all there.

But that was it. The plot is the pirates use the dewey decimal system to find their "treasure, that the librarian has drawn out as a pirate map. And yes, I worked in a library, and it does have treasures, and all that, but this does not make for a funny or even fun story. Sorry.

Love the pictures, though, so three starts for you.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Great title. Loved the illustrations. Have customers in mind to recommended to.

I received this ARC from Netgalley for an honest review.
The pirates are out to sea when a treasure map lands in their ship. The map says there's treasure at the library and all they have to do is follow Dewey's Decimal map. When they arrive the librarian puts them to work looking for the treasure, but it's not the kind of treasure that they were thinking of. Love books about pirates, add a trip to the library with some fun rhyming and I'm sold.

This was a lot of fun. I love children's books like these, especially being a librarian myself.