Pirates Magnified with a magnifying glass by David Long, illustrated by Harry Bloom

Pirates Magnified is here for all you shipmates! Explore the lives of 10 real pirates and learn about life on the high seas, whilst using the magnifying glass – included inside the book’s foil-accented cover – to spot more than 200 pirate-themed items in 16 eye-boggling illustrations.

Meet history’s most notorious pirates as you follow Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Anne Bonny and more rogues on their real-life adventures in this book by award-winning author David Long.

Pirates Magnified explores cutaways of ships and teaches you about about navigation, survival at sea, the merchant trade and finding treasure. At the back, find a rogues gallery of even more pirates and dangerous individuals on the prowl in the era of sail ships and ocean travel, plus more things to spot, an answer key and a guide to talking like a pirate.

This is a great book to take out to keep children entertained during dinner – it even kept the parents involved too! We’ll keep leaving book reviews on social media so make sure to follow us online.

This beautiful, gold foil embossed hardback book features intricate illustrations and fascinating facts in this seafaring adventure will inform and entertain the youngest landlubber for hours. It’ll fast become a firm favourite.

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