Make a Splash READ

to survive, encounters unexpected animal and human inhabitants, and looks for traces of the
earliest prehistoric immigrants to America.
! Kennedy, Kim. Pirate Pete’s Talk Like a Pirate. Abrams, 2007. 40 p. (978-0810993488) Pre, Pri.
In search of a crew, Pirate Pete and his parrot look for “stanky scallywags” who possess certain
conversational skills.
! Korman, Gordon. Shipwreck (Island, Book 1). Scholastic, 2001. 129 p. (978-0439164566, pap.)
Int, YA. Six teens on a boat in the Pacific Ocean are shipwrecked and must learn how to survive.
Sequels include Escape and Survival. This series is also available in Spanish.
! Kraft, Jim. The No-Good, Do-Good Pirates. Albert Whitman, 2008. 32 p. (978-0807556955) Pre,
Pri. When Captain Squint and his band of pirates are sentenced to do a good deed, they have
problems figuring out just what that means.
! Kubler, Annie. Row Row Row Your Boat. Child’s Play, 2003. 12 p. (978-0859536585, board
book) Babies, Toddlers. Cheerful illustrations to the traditional children’s song.
! Lester, Helen. Tacky in Trouble. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. 32 p. (978-0395861134) Pre, Pri.
Tacky the exuberant penguin accidentally goes sailboarding and winds up on a tropical island,
where he meets an elephant who demands proof of Tacky’s identity.
! Leuck, Laura. I Love My Pirate Papa. Harcourt, 2007. 32 p. (978-0152056643) Pre, Pri. A
pirate’s son shares the things he loves about his father, including climbing the mast together to yell
“Land ho” and sharing the booty when they find buried treasure.
! Llewellyn, Sam. Bad, Bad Darlings. Razorbill, 2005. 208 p. (OP) Int. Shipwrecked on a tropical
island, members of the Darling family find themselves surrounded by burglars, unsavory real
estate developers, and a wild boy.
! Marshall, Ray. The Cast-Away Pirates: A Pop-up Tale of Bad Luck, Sharp Teeth, and Stinky
Toes. Chronicle Books, 2008. 20 p. (978-0811859233) Pri. When their sailing ship, the Stinky
Toes, springs a leak during a storm, a band of pirates too long at sea blames their captain, Runny
Nose, and tries to plug the hole with his shoes, his coat, and other items, while a gray shark circles
near.
! McDonnell, Flora. I Love Boats. Candlewick Press, 1995. 32 p. (OP) Pre. A little girl lists all the
boats she loves to play with in the bath.
! McPhail, David. Edward and the Pirates. Little, Brown and Company, 1997. 32 p. (978-
0316563444) Pre. Once Edward has learned to read, books and his vivid imagination lead him to
adventures.
! McPhail, David. The Puddle. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. 32 p. (OP) Pre. A boy sets out to
sail his boat in a puddle and is joined by a frog, a turtle, an alligator, a pig, and an elephant.
! O’Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins. Random House, 1987. 192 p. (978-0440439882) Int.
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends
18 years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also
finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life. Newbery Medal winner. Also available in
Spanish as Isla de los delfines azul.
! Rey, H. A. Curious George Rides a Bike. Houghton Mifflin, 1973. 38 p. (978-0395169643) Pre,
Pri. George the monkey goes riding on his new bicycle and runs into unexpected adventure. Also
available in Spanish.
! Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief. Hyperion, 2005. 384 p. (978-0786856299) Int, YA. About to
be kicked out of boarding school once again, Percy is sent to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp
for demigods, where he learns that his father is Poseidon, God of the Sea, and where he embarks
upon a quest to reach the gates of the Underworld and prevent a catastrophic war between the
gods. First in a series. Also available in Spanish.
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