The Gingerbread Pirates

"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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 09/08/2009
ISBN: 9780763632236
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 11.42h x 10.10w x 0.42d

Review Citations: Booklist 09/15/2009 pg. 63
Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/2009
School Library Journal 10/01/2009 pg. 81
Publishers Weekly 10/26/2009 pg. 56
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2009 pg. 644
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 - Superior,Well Above Average
Foreword 08/17/2009

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 134304 / Gingerbread Pirates
Reading Level: 2.8 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5