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Sep 11, 2012 | ISBN 9780763662332 | 4-8 years Buy
Sep 08, 2009 | ISBN 9780763632236 | 4-8 years Buy
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Sep 11, 2012 | ISBN 9780763662332 | 4-8 years
Sep 08, 2009 | ISBN 9780763632236 | 4-8 years
“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.
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…
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.—BooklistAn 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 JournalCaptain Cookie’s quest to rescue his crew from their cookie-jar imprisonment is not without peril, and humorous obstacles abound…Tavares’s vivid watercolor and gouache paintings dramatize Kladstrup’s lively text with vigor in this imaginative adventure story.—The Horn BookCookie’s-eye-view illustrations and a story enlivened with dialogue make this boy’s version of the nutcracker sparkle.—ForewordKladstrup 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 AwarenessAn adventurous, hilarious story that brims with the magic of Christmas…pure delight.—Kendal Rautzhan’s Books to Borrow, Books to BuyAn imaginative kid-pleaser.—News TribuneRed and green dominate Tavares’ bold illustrations, making this one of the most festiveChristmas books.—St. Paul Pioneer Press
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