The Gingerbread Pirates

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What if a brave Captain Cookie stood up to Santa A fresh, funny story that sparkles with all the excitement of a pirate adventure and all the magic of Christmas morning.

A funny and magical Christmas story about a gingerbread pirate, Captain Cookie, and his daring adventure on Christmas eve to rescue his crew from a mysterious cannibal named Santa Claus

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

Large in scale and dramatic in effect, watercolor-and-gouache paintings create believable settings, sometimes seen from unusual perspectives, and sympathetically portray the characters, especially the pirates, whose icing-sugar mouths and eyes are surprisingly expressive.
Booklist

An exciting story and full-page, dramatically composed paintings depicting harrowing adventures with a mouse, a cat, and the crew imprisoned in a cookie jar make this a good holiday read-aloud.
School Library Journal

Captain Cookies quest to rescue his crew from their cookie-jar imprisonment is not without peril, and humorous obstacles aboundTavaress vivid watercolor and gouache paintings dramatize Kladstrups lively text with vigor in this imaginative adventure story.
The Horn Book

Cookies-eye-view illustrations and a story enlivened with dialogue make this boys version of the nutcracker sparkle.
Foreword

Kladstrup makes the most of the adventurous possibilities, while Tavares's sumptuous full-bleed spreads and spot illustrations play with a cookie's-eye perspective.
Shelf Awareness

An adventurous, hilarious story that brims with the magic of Christmaspure delight.
Kendal Rautzhans Books to Borrow, Books to Buy

An imaginative kid-pleaser.
News Tribune

Red and green dominate Tavares bold illustrations, making this one of the most festive
Christmas books.
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Author Bio

Kristin Kladstrupis the author of the middle-grade novelThe Book of Story Beginnings.She lives near Boston, Massachusetts.

Matt Tavaresis the illustrator ofLady Liberty,by Doreen Rappaport;Iron Hans: A Grimms Fairy Tale,retold by Stephen Mitchell;Jack and the Beanstalk,retold by E. Nesbit; and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.He has also written and illustrated three books inspired by baseball:Mudball, Olivers Game,andZacharys Ball.He lives in Ogunquit, Maine.