The Gingerbread Pirates
Candlewick, 2009
AWARDS
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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.
"Captain 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 Book "Swashbuckling gusto and a poignant finish should make this a new favorite." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) |
The Idea Behind the Story
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A gingerbread person is smiling up at you. Do you take that first bite? Of course! You might even eat the head first, just to get it over with! Now think about what it feels like to be the cookie. The familiar story of the runaway gingerbread man tells us that the cookie will run, run, run as fast as he can to get away. The ending of the story suggests it’s the cookie’s job to be eaten. But what if the cookie already has a job? What if he is a pirate captain? My son’s obsession with pirates and Christmas and runaway gingerbread cookies led me to write The Gingerbread Pirates.
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