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Yates, Philip

A Pirate's Twelve Days of Christmas

40 pp. | Sterling | October, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4027-9225-0 $14.95

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Sebastià Serra. "On the fourth day of Christmas, a gift was sent to me: / 4 cacklin' hens / 3 black cats, 2 cutlasses, an' a parrot in a palm tree." In their second high-seas adventure (A Pirate's Night Before Christmas), the buccaneers plan twelve days of surprises for their cabin boy. The pirate lingo and raucously detailed color-rich illustrations add seafaring flair to this holiday standard.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2012