Yarrrrrgh! Our first Summer Kids Event ended in sword fighting all throughout the store! Wait... let's start from the beginning.

Kids at Bookmans Ina were treated to a fun, interactive pirate adventure and story time today! Cap'n Read-A-Lot stopped by the store to teach kids about a pirate's life, which included: earning nicknames (such as Ravishing Ruby the Ruthless), how to speak like a pirate ("shiver me timbers!") and a few kids even walked the plank! (They swam back to shore safely.) After listening to some pirate tales, we let the kids loose to search from some treasure in the store. After looting all the coins, jewels, and rings we could hold, we traded in our booty for balloon swords and had a good old-fashioned, swashbuckling sword fight!

This is the first Summer Kids Event of the season and they're definitely off to a great start! See ya next Tuesday!

For more pictures of these scurvy sea dogs check out our Flickr page!