Pirate Diary - Diary Series

Diary Series

The Diary series comprises four 64-page picture books that publisher Walker Books labels "Non-Fiction". Author Platt calls them fictional first-person journals (see diary) and calls Castle Diary "my first attempt at fiction".

• Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page; Transcribed by Richard Platt, Illustrated by Chris Riddell (Walker, 1999)

subtitle Journal of a Young Page in the 2011 paperback set

a boy who goes to work in a castle as a page

Castle Diary was a highly commended runner up for the Greenaway Medal, recognising Riddell's illustration.

PZ7.P71295 Cas 1999 http://lccn.loc.gov/98042779

Castle Diary in libraries (WorldCat catalog) (first US)

• Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter (Walker, 2001)

subtitle Journal of a Cabin Boy in the 2011 paperback set

an apprentice sailor, impressed by pirates as a cabin boy

Platt won the Blue Peter Award, Best Book with Facts, and Riddell won the Greenaway Medal for illustration.

PZ7.P71295 Pi 2001 http://lccn.loc.gov/00065198

Pirate Diary in libraries (WorldCat catalog) (first US)

• Egyptian Diary: The Journal of Nakht (Walker, 2005)

subtitle Journal of a Young Scribe in the 2011 paperback set

the third first-person journal, a whodunit featuring corruption and robbery

PZ7.P71295 Eg 2005 http://lccn.loc.gov/2005046911

Egyptian Diary in libraries (WorldCat catalog) (first US)

• Roman Diary: The Journal of Iliona of Mytilini, who was captured and sold as a slave in Rome, AD 107 (Walker, 2009)

subtitle Journal of a Young Slave in the 2011 paperback set

a Greek girl taken by pirates for sold in Rome; "fourth and final book in the Diary series"

PZ7.P71295 Rom 2009 http://lccn.loc.gov/2008935660

Roman Diary in libraries (WorldCat catalog) (first US)

Walker re-issued all four books March 2011 in a matching set with anonymous subtitles, classified as "Non-Fiction", and recommended for readers age 7 and up.