This is the one day a year that I'll do some shameless self-promotion.
All you buccaneers out there with wee little scallywags (I'm talking 6years old and younger) listen up. No pirates library is complete without a copy of "Shiver me letters! A Pirate's ABC's".
This wonderfully illustrated book teaches your little pirates the ABC's in a way that only a proud pirate parent could love. Example: "R", said the captain. "R" is not enough. We need other letters to make us tough. Bring me some A's, B's, and C's......
The pictures are great. The writing is clever. Your little pirates will be talking like a pirate faster than you can say, "walk the plank". Available now at most bookstores or at Amazon.com.
Shiver me letters! A pirate's ABC's. Written by June Sobel. (My wife... hence the plug)
Now go and check it out before I keelhaul ya!
Mark