<p>When Jim and his mom bake gingerbread men on Christmas Eve, Jim says, "Let's make a pirate crew." The cookie pirates come out great, especially the one Jim names Captain Cookie, who has a big pirate hat, a gingerbread cutlass, and a toothpick peg leg. Jim leaves some of the gingerbread men out for Santa but can't bear to part with Captain Cookie, whom he places on his bedside table. When Jim falls asleep, Captain Cookie wakes up and wonders, "Where's my crew?" So the good captain sets off on an adventure down the stairs (which he thinks are cliffs), through the kitchen (where a mouse eats part of his cutlass), to the cookie jar (where his crew is "imprisoned"). But before he can rescue his crew, a huge man with a red hat and a white beard appears. Could this be the dreaded gingerbread-man-eater named Santa?Kids will delight in this funny holiday story. The surprise ending-in which Santa works a little holiday magic to help his new cookie friends-is sure to bring a smile to readers' faces.</p>

The Gingerbread Pirates

Kristin Kladstrup

Children's Books

scholastic

The Gingerbread Pirates (Paperback book and Audio CD)

Scholatic

A Night in Santa's Great Big Bag

A Night in Santa's Great Big Bag Paperback Book & Audio Cd Set By Kristin Kladstrup

Princess Adela has always been more than a little unconventional. She would rather work in her garden than find a husband—much to her step-mother’s dismay—and Adela’s version of happily ever after involves traveling the world and collecting rare plant specimens. So when the opportunity arises to attend a garden party thrown by Lady Hortensia, whose beauty is rumored to be rivaled only by the loveliness of her gardens, Adela cannot resist inviting herself, even if it means wearing a too-tight dress and impractical shoes.But the moment Adela sets eyes on Hortensia’s garden, she knows something is amiss. Every single flower is in bloom—in the middle of October! Not only that, but a talking magpie is stealing the guests’ jewels. Is it possible that magic is involved? Can Adela get to the root of the mystery before it’s too late?

Garden Princess

Action & Adventure

Candlewick on Brilliance Audio

The Nutcracker Mice

A young mouse must save her production of The Nutcracker in a charming holiday tale from the author of The Gingerbread Pirates and the illustrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events.Hidden in Saint Petersburg’s famed Mariinsky Theater are the world’s tiniest ballet fans: the Mariinsky mice, including Esmeralda, a rising dancer in the Russian Mouse Ballet Company. Despite being unable to control her tail, Esmeralda has just been assigned the lead role of Clara in a new ballet debuting at Christmas: The Nutcracker. But when she learns that the new ballet features mice as villains, her excitement turns to horror: the mice of Saint Petersburg will never come to see such a production. Meanwhile, nine-year-old Irina is convinced that the mice she’s seen in the Mariinsky—the mice her father, the custodian, is supposed to exterminate—are not only fans of the ballet, but dancers themselves. No one will believe her, so it falls to Irina to help save the mice everyone else considers vermin...and perhaps to help Esmeralda ensure the future of the mouse company. Sweet and inventive, Kristin Kladstrup’s ballet fantasy features artwork by beloved illustrator Brett Helquist, old-fashioned drama, and just a touch of holiday magic.

Nutcracker Mice, The

Animals

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