It's been six months since their last adventure aboard the S.S. Excalibur and Philipa and her friend Philip (who happens to be the son of the ship's captain) are both excited to meet the ship's new assistant cruise director, Herby Twining. Herby is a real jokester, the kind of guy who gets a kick out of shaking your hand with a buzzer hidden in his palm. Philip is quite entertained by Herby and appreciates his skills as an amateur magician, but when Philip's expensive and rare parrot, Don Quixote, goes missing and Herby seems like he might be a prime suspect, suddenly Phillip isn't laughing anymore.

It's been six months since their last adventure aboard the S.S. Excalibur and Philipa and her friend Philip (who happens to be the son of the ship's captain) are both excited to meet the ship's new assistant cruise director, Herby Twining. Herby is a real jokester, the kind of guy who gets a kick out of shaking your hand with a buzzer hidden in his palm. Philip is quite entertained by Herby and appreciates his skills as an amateur magician, but when Philip's expensive and rare parrot, Don Quixote, goes missing and Herby seems like he might be a prime suspect, suddenly Phillip isn't laughing anymore.

A rhyming tale of pirates who go to school accompanied by their parrots, learn arithmetic and letters, and want to hear sea stories at storytime.

Pirates for Parrots is a chapter book for children and young readers that will engage the imagination and expand vocabulary. This story chronicles the journey of a young parrot named Sunny who embarks on an adventure with pirates. Ultimately, the pirates learn the value of giving rather than taking. This book serves as a fundraising tool for Cape Fear Parrot Sanctuary, a 501c3 non-profit organization that rescues, rehabilitates, houses, and cares for parrots in eastern North Carolina.

ARRRRR matey and shiver me timbers! There be a whole lot of fun going on with this here scallywag of a unit. Action-packed, interesting activities sure to keep students glued o their seats — otherwise they walk the plank! Our unit includes detailed suggested lesson plans, reproducible student booklet, parent pages, homework skills pages on phonics, describing words, fill-in-the-blank comprehension questions, ABC order, rhyming, synonyms, and compound words, pirate fact cards, group and individual word cards, pirate trivia game and more. This Primary Studies unit provides a teacher and student section with a variety of lessons, activities, crossword and word search to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

Pirates, buccaneers, freebooters, corsairs - whatever the name, they evoke a surprisingly romantic image in the modern mind. In this elegant and entertaining little book Iain Zaczk explores the myth and the reality behind the enduring image. From piracy's |golden age| in the 16th and 17th century to the sort of men attracted to this life, the ships they used and the routes they frequented to the famous buccaneers, the female pirates and the brigands of the silver screen - all entries are peppered with fascinating facts and anecdotes.

Are you the type of person who stays up nights wondering how they get the paper tag into Hershey's Kisses? Or why portholes are round? Even if you don't lose sleep over such matters, you have to admit that such questions are, well, worthy of consideration. Here, from David Feldman, creator of the Imponderables® series, are the latest questions on the minds of his devoted readers and fans. No question from his readers is too small or obscure for Feldman to tackle. From the return of red M&Ms (they are back, if you've missed it) to new-car smell, the answers to life's little mysteries are dissected in these pages. Although it's all done in great fun, there is also an educational edge to the answers, as Feldman ferrets out top experts in diverse fields to come up with his entertaining answers. And their answers may surprise you—from the detailed physics involved in why cans of Diet Coke float but regular Coke doesn't, all the way to why they put crinkly paper into pairs of men's socks (but only one sock, not both). Complete with drawings by longtime Imponderables® illustrator Kassie Schwan, and a special section updating answers to questions in previous books in the series, this eleventh book of Imponderables® is sure to entertain the thousands of Feldman fans who have purchased over 2 million copies to date. Prepare to be delighted!

Provides information about the history, physical characteristics, choosing, and care of all kinds of parrots.

Polly the parrot is fed up of her tree. It's a life on the ocean she needs! For this she'll need a pet pirate, but finding the perfect one isn't easy. This picky parrot might just end up with more than she expected...