"Show a leg" is what you say to wake up a shipmate. "Sail ho" is what you say when a ship comes sailing by. "Shiver me timbers" is what you say when feeling quite surprised. "Aye Aye, Captain" is what ...

Ben Brown was riding in the back seat of a car in Falls Church, Virginia, this summer when he recognized the tune on the radio. “I thought, ‘That’s my song!’ ” says Ben, who’s almost 8 years old. “I ...

The calm waters of the Manasquan River belied the danger that was afoot one summer afternoon. The good ship Jersey Girl was carrying a crew of able young pirates and their moms. A barefoot, grown-up ...

YOUNGSTERS enjoyed a morning of free activities during a pirate-themed event celebrating National Bookstart Day. More than 1,000 parents and children under the age of five visited the National ...

When Alex Nader and Andrew Barbato perform Friday in Medford as part of Story Pirates: The Amazing Adventure Tour, it won’t be the first time the pair has shared a stage in Greater Boston. That ...