{"product_id":"the-gingerbread-pirates-gift-edition-isbn-9780763662332","title":"The Gingerbread Pirates Gift Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Swashbuckling gusto and a poignant finish should make this a new favorite.\" — Publishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’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.\"Captain Cookie is a gingerbread pirate, leader of a batch of buccaneer cookies baked by a boy named Jim and his mom. On Christmas Eve, a plate of the gingerbread pirates is left out for Santa, and Captain Cookie tries to save his men before they are eaten. When Santa arrives, he promises not to eat the pirates and shows them what he has left under the tree: a pirate ship. Captain Cookie and his men take over the ship, and during the night they are transformed by Christmas magic into toy pirates to complete Jim’s Christmas present. Illustrator Tavares handles this transformation subtly, and children will enjoy marking the switch from cookie to toy. An extra-large format makes this a fine choice for reading aloud to a group.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKristin Kladstrup\u003c\/b\u003e is also the author of the middle-grade novel \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Story Beginnings. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives near Boston, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatt Tavares\u003c\/b\u003e is the illustrator of \u003ci\u003eLady Liberty \u003c\/i\u003eby Doreen Rappaport; \u003ci\u003eJack and the Beanstalk,\u003c\/i\u003e retold by E. Nesbit; \u003ci\u003eIron Hans \u003c\/i\u003eby Stephen Mitchell; \u003ci\u003eOver the River and Through the Wood; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e’Twas the Night Before Christmas. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also the author-illustrator of \u003ci\u003eThere Goes Ted Williams, Henry Aaron’s Dream, Oliver’s Game, Mudball, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eZachary’s Ball. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Ogunquit, Maine.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887318462693,"sku":"NP9780763662332","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780763662332.jpg?v=1767739524","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-gingerbread-pirates-gift-edition-isbn-9780763662332","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}