What if a brave Captain Cookie, a pirate gingerbread man, stood up to Santa? A fresh, funny story that sparkles with all the excitement of a pirate adventureNand all the magic of Christmas morning. Full color.
What if a brave Captain Cookie, a pirate gingerbread man, stood up to Santa? A fresh, funny story that sparkles with all the excitement of a pirate adventureNand all the magic of Christmas morning. Full color.
"Swashbuckling gusto and a poignant finish should make this a new favorite." β Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Itβs Christmas Eve, and Jim and his mother have left pirate gingerbread men for Santa. Jimβs 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 heβs 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.
Kristin KladstrupΒ is also the author of the middle-grade novelΒ The Book of Story Beginnings.Β She lives near Boston, Massachusetts.
Matt TavaresΒ is the illustrator ofΒ Lady LibertyΒ by Doreen Rappaport;Β Jack and the Beanstalk,Β retold by E. Nesbit;Β Iron HansΒ by Stephen Mitchell;Β Over the River and Through the Wood;Β andΒ βTwas the Night Before Christmas.Β He is also the author-illustrator ofΒ There Goes Ted Williams, Henry Aaronβs Dream, Oliverβs Game, Mudball,Β andΒ Zacharyβs Ball.Β He lives in Ogunquit, Maine.
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