Customer Reviews
absolutely captivating - By: mum's the word, 03 Jan 2008 
This is one of my & my 4 year old son's favourite books. It tells the fantastic story of Tom & a team of girl pirates who steal the front of Tom's house & use it to disguise their ship so they can steal treasure from Captain Patch & his grown up pirates.
What sets this book apart is the wonderful illustrations & the text which not only has a gentle rhyme & repetition but flows across the page using different fonts & layouts to help tell the story. for instance when the pirates run away, so do the letters.....
This book will be treasured by any boy or girl & it is particularly refreshing to find a story about girls who are not pink princessese. Buy this book - you will not be disappointed!
the night pirates - By: L. Hillman, 30 Dec 2007 
I love the illustrations in this book & the story seems to start off well but i thought that the middle of the story was lacking a little.
Where was the big adventure? They said what it was but i feel they could have taken us into the adventure in just a little bit more detail.
Im afraid to say i was a bit disapointed in the book by itself although the book along with the cd is much better.
Night Pirates - By: Ms. Jane E. Reeves, 27 Oct 2007 An excellent book which has been read & read. The way the book is written is easy to read & understand. The pictures are also excellent. I would recommend this to boys & girls who have an interest in pirates. Happy reading.
A Wonderful Pirating Adventure - By: Mrs. Eeva King, 13 Sep 2007 I bought The Night Pirates because my 4-year-old son is fascinated by pirates & I wanted to get him a bed-time story about them - I'm happy to say this book didn't let down either one of us.
The Night Pirates is unlike any other children's book I've come across, both story-wise & visuallly, too. The story is about Tom, a little boy who wakes up one night to discover that a group of GIRL pirates is stealing the front of his house. Tom joins them in order to steal treasure from Captain Patch & his band of lazy, scared grown-up pirates (the front of Tom's house is used to hide the approaching pirate ship from the adults).
Deborah Allwright's illustrations are absolutely wonderful, both groups of pirates being especiallly memorable. The layout of the pages is a departure from the usual, with the text scattered alll over the pages & different font-styles being used.
I would highly recommend The Night Pirates to alll children over the age of three. It's not a very long story, it wouldn't take more than a few minutes to read it without interruptions. However, in our household, it takes much longer, with my son repeating various bits of text & wanting to stop to look at & discuss the illustrations.
Brilliant - By: Mrs. H. A. Smith, 30 Aug 2007 my daughter, who is not quite 2 years old, LOVES this book & aks her Daddy to read 'Pirates' at any opportunity. It is nice that there are girls having adventures & my daughter reallly enjoys the story & loves the pictures too.
