The Night Pirates

Loved it. I loved the essential absurdity of stealing the front of a house to disguise your pirate ship.

I also really loved that the book reversed sexism, and addressed it head on. The little boy asked if he could join the girl pirate crew, and did the captain say no, you're just a boy? No she let him join! And that's it, but that's enough. And it's so incredibly rare. Almost always, girls or POC have to address prejudice, or they are simply shown triumphant, with no discussion of prejudice. I'm happy to see either, but I can't even recall a text that upsets gender norms AND still deals with prejudice. This gives boys a chance to read something that adults will agree is "for boys" (since so many adult parents and book reviewers only show more recommend books to boys if the book has a male protagonist) -- but still deals with something usually only treated in books with girl protagonists.

And despite the length of discussion, that one little piece that impressed me so much is just one tiny piece of the book -- most of which is dedicated to a playful story about trickery and stealing pirate treasure.

The writing style is great for the preschool set, or anybody looking for a short bedtime read-aloud with some rhyme and repetition. show less

Loved it. I loved the essential absurdity of stealing the front of a house to disguise your pirate ship.

I also really loved that the book reversed sexism, and addressed it head on. The little boy asked if he could join the girl pirate crew, and did the captain say no, you're just a boy? No she let him join! And that's it, but that's enough. And it's so incredibly rare. Almost always, girls or POC have to address prejudice, or they are simply shown triumphant, with no discussion of prejudice. I'm happy to see either, but I can't even recall a text that upsets gender norms AND still deals with prejudice. This gives boys a chance to read something that adults will agree is "for boys" (since so many adult parents and book reviewers only show more recommend books to boys if the book has a male protagonist) -- but still deals with something usually only treated in books with girl protagonists.

And despite the length of discussion, that one little piece that impressed me so much is just one tiny piece of the book -- most of which is dedicated to a playful story about trickery and stealing pirate treasure.

The writing style is great for the preschool set, or anybody looking for a short bedtime read-aloud with some rhyme and repetition. show less

This one is ok....nothing special in my opinion, my children are pretty lukewarm about it as well....its not one that gets requested for nightly reading. The best part of this story is the little pirates using the house front as a decoy to loot the adult pirates lol!

It has really cute illustrations, and they shine with the wonderful, just-a-little-bit-exciting text.

Tom's bedroom is invaded by girl pirates, who welcome him aboard their boat when they steal the front of his house for disguise. All the pirates (and Tom) go, they non-violently steal treasure from the grown-up pirates, and Tom ends up back home safe in bed.

I have yet to meet a kid who didn't enjoy this book.

This is a fun children's book about a boy who joins a band of pirate girls. Together they go off to defeat the grown up pirates. The book makes a full circle beginning and ending in almost the same words. Also the language is very appropriate for children to understand, and the text is written in curves across the pages. GENRE: fantasy. USE: teach about imagination, and being inclusive.

Fantastic book, my boy loved it and still yells out "Bring my treasure back or I will tell my mummy"

When "rough tough little girl pirates" try to steal the front of Tom's house, he says "Please let me aboard!" They use the house as a boat and have a little adventure.

A cute story, but a little hard to explain to my almost-4-year-old.