Pirates: Elmo and the Bookaneers

Produced by:	Genius Entertainment
Release Date:	2009
Discs:	1
Region:	1

Pirates: Elmo and the Bookaneers is a 2009 Sesame Street direct-to-video special. Elmo and Alan are reading together in Hooper's Store, when the store is boarded by a band of rowdy pirates -- the Bookaneers, led by captain Tina Fey. Elmo refuses to hand over his book to the pirates, so they give him a series of tests to see if he's worthy of joining their crew. Elmo and the Bookaneers follow a map through Sesame Street to find buried treasure.

The video uses the Street scenes from the 2007 season premiere episode. It's rounded out with Sesame segments relating to pirates, books and imagination.

International releases

DVDAustralia, 2009
Madman Entertainment
SES1056

DVDMexico, 2010
Ventura Entertainment

Segments

• What's the Word on the Street?: Squid
• Street scenes from episode 4135
• Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures: Pirates
• Cartoon: "Pirates 'R'"
• The Word of the Day: Brian Williams presents the word "squid"
• Abby Cadabby sings "I Love Words"
• Song: "In the Library."
• Suzie Kabloozie learns about pirates in a book
• Ernie sings "Imagine That"
• Jerry Nelson sings "In My Book"
• Elmo's World: Books