Pirate Adventure

By Author / Illustrator

Lily Murray

Genre

Adventure

Age range(s)

Publisher

Wide Eyed Editions

ISBN

9780711276116

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

01-03-2022

Synopsis

Imagine if you could have an adventure as a pirate. What if you could have MILLIONS of them? With this story-building book, readers aged 5+ can create their own pirate-inspired adventures, over and over again. Just read the question and choose from the vibrant pictures on the page to build the story. The book is packed full of fun, silly and exciting things for the reader to choose from, including:

- Visiting a pirate milkshake bar
- Wearing a sparkly eye patch and a beard
- Packing a treasure map
- Voyaging on a ghost ship
- Sailing past an island made of chocolate
- Facing a tentacled sea monster

Once they've finished, the reader can turn back to the start and make different choices to build a completely new tale. There are millions of possible combinations and endless stories to be told! And can you find the cheeky penguin hidden on each page?

Let's Tell a Story is a series of books designed to help readers dream up their very own adventures. From selecting which hero to be and where to visit, to deciding on how the story will end and choosing a reward, the reader controls the action from start to finish. Packed full of imaginative characters, thrilling places to go, hilarious random objects and extraordinary situations to choose from, these books are made to be read again and again. See also Jungle Adventure.

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Reviews

A wonderful series for young storytellers! This series allows children to tell their own stories through different environments and experiences. At the beginning, it explains how to use the books by reading the question at the top of each page and then choosing their answer from the options using the pictures and words. It also encourages children to talk about the choices they make in as much detail as they can which will help to develop their reasoning and widen their vocabulary.

In Pirate Adventure, children can choose a hero to go on their adventure with from many characters including a first mate, a toddler, a goat, a skeleton woman, a prince and a captain. Some of the characters are traditional 'pirate' characters whereas others are characters you would find in many different genres and environments. They then choose what they're going to get dressed up in for their adventure, the destination they would like to head for, the equipment they'd like to take with them and how they will travel there.

The book continues as the reader can choose their journey as well as the terrible incidents they might overcome on their way. The structure of the book also means children can retell many different stories without getting bored.

I love the layout of this book - it creates a huge amount of freedom for children to tell their own stories while giving them ideas to help their imagination and a structure to support their story. The book has colourful illustrations to help to bring it to life. I prefer this book to some of the others in the series as it seems more realistic to the pirate world the readers is exploring. There are still some slightly more random additions but it seems more focussed than some of the other books in the series. A lovely book to help children to bring their imaginations and story telling to life!

32 pages / Reviewed by Lucy Newton, teacher