# The Gingerbread Pirates Gift Edition - Hardcover

by **Kristin Kladstrup** (Author), **Matt Tavares** (Illustrator)

**"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.

### Author Biography

**Kristin Kladstrup** is also the author of the middle-grade novel _The Book of Story Beginnings._ She lives near Boston, Massachusetts.

**Matt Tavares** is the illustrator of _Lady Liberty_ by Doreen Rappaport; _Jack and the Beanstalk,_ retold by E. Nesbit; _Iron Hans_ by Stephen Mitchell; _Over the River and Through the Wood;_ and _'Twas the Night Before Christmas._ He is also the author-illustrator of _There Goes Ted Williams, Henry Aaron's Dream, Oliver's Game, Mudball,_ and _Zachary's Ball._ He lives in Ogunquit, Maine.

**Number of Pages:** 32

**Dimensions:** 0.4 x 8.6 x 7.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** September 11, 2012

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Gingerbread Pirates

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 2.8

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 12.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective

## Variants

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