LEGO pirates ladybird books There were four books released in 1990 to promote the Pirates theme . Titled 1 . Will and the Gold Chase 2 . Captain Roger ' s Birthday 3 . Adventure on Shark Island 4 . The Royal Visit Will and the Gold Chase . Governor Broadside gives Camilla a golden heart - shaped pendant , which she wears everywhere . One day , she loses it while boating . She is so distressed that Broadside issues a reward to whoever finds the pendant . Fishermen search for it with hooks and nets , and pearl divers arrive from a far - off island to try to find it , but to no avail . Will hears about the lost pendant , and remembering their brief encounter during the hunt for Blackheart ’ s treasure , wishes he could find it for her . One night , a fishing boat approaches the Black Seas Barracuda , and the ship ’ s cook Flashfork asks Captain RedBeard for money to buy fish . Red Beard gets out the key to the ship ’ s money chest . Before he can unlock the chest , Spinoza grabs the key and jumps into the fishing boat . The pirates decide to go after the key . Will knows that the fishing boats usually take their catch to the markets in Port Royal . The pirates decide to disguise themselves and the ship to sail into Port Royal . The Barracuda becomes the Skylark , and they arrive in Port Royal . Will and Jimbo question the fishermen , who identify the boat Spinoza stowed away on as belonging to Old Binnacle . Binnacle doesn ’ t come into Port Royal , they explain , preferring to sell his fish to the islanders . Will returns to the Skylark , and attempts to explain this to Red Beard . The Captain smells gold , however , and refuses to listen . He leads the pirates ashore to the fish market , where he trips over some barrels , revealing his disguise . Pursued by soldiers , the pirates return to Skylark , taking a barrel of fish with them . They escape from Port Royal , and change course for the islands . The pirates find Old Binnacle , and retrieve Spinoza from his ship . With the key safely in hand , the pirates prepare for a supper of fish . Will is cleaning his when he discovers Camilla ’ s missing pendant in its stomach . The Captain was right about the gold in the fish market after all ! Will packages the pendant , marking the box with an anchor to match his tattoo . He then sends the package to Eldorado Fortress . Camilla knows who sent her back the pendant , and is very careful with it from then on . " Red Beard loves fish in this story ; he previously said he hated them in “ The Golden Medallion ” . Will ’ s anchor tattoo is mentioned for the first time ; it is not seen at all in the comic book . Using the American name Black Seas Barracuda instead of Darkshark in this summary undermines the Darkshark / Skylark joke , but I ’ m trying to reduce confusion . " Captain Roger ' s Birthday . Captain Red Beard is annoyed at his crew , as none of them appear to be at their posts . Little does he know that they are crowded in the hold , planning a surprise birthday party for their Captain ! Of course , they are also anticipating the wonderful food and drink at the party . A few days later , Will and Rummy visit the Keg and Cutlass to get the supplies for the Captain ’ s party . Unfortunately , Bessie informs them that Foul and his crew cleaned her out while having their own celebration not long ago . They visit Magpie ’ s General Store , hoping to buy some food , but Foul has emptied Magpie ’ s shelves too . Will comes up with another idea : Governor Broadside is greedy enough that he ’ d be sure to have plenty of supplies for a party . All they have to do is trick Red Beard into going to Port Royal , and then they can sneak ashore and nab the goods . The pirates tell Red Beard that a treasure ship is due at Eldorado Fortress , and the Captain orders the crew to get underway . The Barracuda lurks off Sabatina for three nights waiting for the fictitious treasure ship , and Red Beard ’ s mood turns bad . The next night , Will , Rummy , and Jimbo row ashore and creep up to the Eldorado Fortress . They smell delicious turkey , but can ’ t climb up the walls . Jimbo decides to send Popsy up to take a look , and the bird overhears de Martinet ’ s report to the Governor . Reinforcements have arrived : including Dragoons with ( of course ) their horses . Broadside notices Popsy , and angrily closes the window . She repeats what she was able to hear to the pirates : barrels are waiting on the quay with enough food to feed a hundred . Will decides that this must mean supplies for the Governor ’ s birthday party — coincidently , Broadside and Red Beard were born on the same day ! The pirates return to their ship , where Will informs the captain that the treasure ship has been and gone , but its cargo is still sitting on the quay . Will , Rummy , and twelve other pirates go ashore armed and ready to take the cargo . The soldiers guarding the supplies surrender after realizing they are outnumbered . ( By two ! ) The pirates quickly take stock of the supplies , which have been loaded into wagons . They find one box for the Governor … but the others are full of shirts , boots , and boot polish . Will finds the next group of wagons are loaded with something else , but before he can tell Rummy , Captain Foul and his crew spring an ambush — Foul had followed them from Shipwreck Island ! Will calls a retreat back to the boats , and the puzzled pirates abandon the wagons . Foul and his men find only hay in the wagons … and barrels full of tar , which they soon end up covered in . Back on the Barracuda the pirates reveal everything to Red Beard , who is angry that the treasure was a lie , but laughs at Foul ’ s mistake . Red Beard is presented with a birthday present : a specially carved wooden leg , which he promises to wear only on special occasions . And as it turns out , the box for the governor contained a large birthday cake — as it turns out , Red Beard has the nicest birthday any pirate could wish for ! Adventure on Shark Island . At Forbidden Island , Red Beard and Will add up the loot from their most recent raid . It comes to exactly three doubloons — two of which are fake . Disappointed , the crew visit the Keg and Cutlass , where they spend the doubloon on one bottle of rum ( and twelve straws ) . Just then , Captain Foul and his crew arrive from a highly successful raid , a fact that they rub in the faces of Red Beard and his crew . A brawl ensues , and Bessie is unable to stop it . Her daughter Anne has an idea — she tells Foul ’ s pirates that their ship is under attack . Foul ’ s crew abandons the fight and head toward the docks . When Foul discovers the ruse , he decides to teach Anne a lesson . A day or two later the pirates trap Anne with a net and imprison her in a barrel hoisted atop the main mast of their ship . They sail to Shark Island , and send a ransom note via Popsy demanding one thousand doubloons to Red Beard . Red Beard declares that his crew never pays ransoms ( and as Will points out , all they have are two fake doubloons ! ) But Will insists they rescue Anne and two days later the Barracuda arrives at Shark Island . Will and Jimbo go ashore , and spot Foul ’ s ship — and Anne ’ s barrel ! Will and Jimbo return to the Barracuda and explain that only Spinoza can get to Anne ’ s barrel . He plans to send Spinoza up to the barrel with a line of rope , which Anne can use to climb down . Popsy is sent with a message explaining the plan , and that night Will , Jimbo and Spinoza navigate a small launch through the rocks near Shark Island . They board Foul ’ s ship , and everything goes as planned . But when it comes time to leave , Spinoza is nowhere to be found ! Spinoza has made his way to the captain ’ s cabin , where he snatches a bag of gold coins right from under Foul ’ s nose . He then hides the bag in one of the ship ’ s cannons , and rejoins Will , Jimbo , and Anne . Culverin spots the escaping boat , but Foul ’ s ship runs aground during the pursuit . Foul orders Culverin to open fire … blowing the bag of gold right into Will ’ s boat ! Red Beard and the crew cheer when Anne arrives safely on the Barracuda … and cheer even louder when they see the money . Red Beard orders the crew to make sail to Forbidden Island , where there will be roast beef and jam roly - poly all around … double helpings , even ! The Royal Visit . Captain Red Beard is enjoying his afternoon tea when he suddenly finds his serenity interrupted by an incoming cannon ball . He rushes on deck to find Broadside ’ s massive flagship Ironram bearing down on the Barracuda , with Broadside himself ordering the pirates to prepare for boarding . Fortunately , Red Beard manages to lose Ironram in the fog . That evening , Red Beard demands to know how Ironram could have snuck up on them . He discovers that Rummy was asleep in the crow ’ s nest , and Will was reading in his cabin . Red Beard is furious . A few days later the pirates return to Forbidden Island , and find all the pirates in a bad mood . The King is planning a state visit to Port Royal , and Broadside is to receive him in full dress uniform . Unfortunately , he ’ s missing his badge of office and believes one of the pirates has taken it . The Governor is stepping up efforts to harass the pirates , and with good reason : without his badge Broadside could lose his head ! Red Beard realizes the pirates must help him find it — or they might lose a bad governor and get one that ’ s even worse ! Red Beard calls a meeting of all the pirate captains , and they agree to halt their piratical activities until the badge is found . One captain is missing : Jonah of the Hesperus . With Anne ’ s help , Will realizes that Jonah ’ s pet jackdaw has been missing since his owner ’ s escape from Port Royal . After consulting his books , he tells Red Beard that he knows where the governor ’ s badge is . Three days later , the crew of the Barracuda find the Hesperus anchored in a sheltered bay , where the crew is making repairs after a close shave with a whale . Captain Jonah tells them that Diogenes has returned , and Will takes a look inside the bird ’ s barrel . Sure enough , Broadside ’ s badge is inside . Will explains that one of his books had a poem about a jackdaw who stole a diamond ring . On the day of the royal visit , Anne disguises herself as a washerwoman and smuggles the badge into Eldorado Fortress with the Governor ’ s laundry . The Royal visit is a great success — the King even gives Broadside a medal ! Broadside goes back to governing , and leaves the pirates to their own devices . " The poem Will refers to is likely “ The Jackdaw of Rheims ” , though this may be an anachronism . "