The Gingerbread Pirates

By Kristin Kladstrup

Book Overview

"Swashbuckling gusto and a poignant finish should make this a new favorite." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

It's Christmas Eve, and Jim and his mother have left pirate gingerbread men for Santa. Jim's favorite is Captain Cookie, who carries a gingerbread cutlass and has a toothpick peg leg. Jim keeps him close by his bed. But late that night, when Jim is fast asleep, Captain Cookie step-taps away on a daring adventure to find his pirate crew and rescue them from that mysterious character he's heard about: a cannibal named Santa Claus. This masterfully illustrated tale, sparkling with all the excitement of a pirate adventure, is a new holiday classic.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763632236
• ISBN13: 9780763632236
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.1" x 11.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3