Product Description

Young children will immerse themselves in the swashbuckling world of the pirates in this new addition to the immensely popular "1001 Things to Spot" series from Usborne. Scenes include a daring pirate raid, the pirates popping into port and fast-paced pirate races, all of which contain items and objects to spot. Overflowing with detail, this title encourages both visual recognition and also helps to develop number skills. Each double page contains small images that show children what they need to spot in the main image and how many are hidden - there are over 1,000 different images waiting to be discovered throughout the book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2024 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

Customer Reviews

Only for the pirate obsessed
The "1001 things to spot" series by Usborne has been a huge hit in our family with both our boys (aged 7 and 4). Each book in the series has a number of pages with things to look for in the pictures. They keep kids entertained for hours and are also great for teaching counting and for building vocabulary. The variation in the pictures sparks lots of discussion about what country this town may be in, or which era this "long ago" image may be from.

Having said that, "1001 Pirate Things" was a disappointment to me. Unlike many of the other books in the series, each page features a very similar illustration (invariably a marginally different pirate ship) and it feels very repetitive. Both my sons got bored with this book and so did I. I know that there are boys out there who totally obsess on pirates and it would be wonderful for them. But unless your child fits that description, I would try one of the other books in the series instead.

Brilliant!
Like the "1001 bugs to spot" from this series I think this book is superb. It is not a storybook so don't buy it if you're looking for salty sea-dog pirate stories.

Each page has an incredibly detailed picture of some aspect of pirate life that little boys may imagine to be true. It's all highly jolly, friendly and sanitised which seems to be the way pirates are presented these days. For example, there's the pirates having a party on their ship, pirate school, pirate races etc. Around the edge of the picture certain items from the main picture are illustrated with a number next to them indicating how many you are to hunt for within the picture.

These books are a real hit with my little boy. They help no end with practising simple counting (up to 10) but also with the ability to resume counting after you've been distracted by something interesting elsewhere in the picture. My little boy is developing quite successful visual scanning strategies through using these stories too.

He loves them, they're educational. Perfect.

Wonderful for little boys
My 5 year old son absolutely loves this book. Every night, once we have finished reading stories to him, he looks at this book before he goes to sleep, it is a permanent fixture on his bed.

We have also bought the Wizard one for my other younger some and he seems to love that too. Lovely.