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A Pirate's Night Before Christmas (2008)

by Philip Yates(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1402742576 (ISBN13: 9781402742576)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

Sterling

review 1: My 7 yo daughter went through a phase where she loved books about pirates. While that phase has passed somewhat, when I saw this book, I had to buy it. It follows the traditional Night Before Christmas quite closely, but changes it to a pirate ship with a pirate coming on a sleigh pulled by 8 sea horses. "More sluggish than flounders, his coursers they came,An' he whistled an' snarled and called them by name:"Now, Salty! Now, Scurvy! Now, Sinbad an' Mollie! On, Cutthroat! On, Cross-Eyes! On Roger an' Jolly!To the top of the sail! To the tip of the mast!Now dash away, dash away, dash away fast!"The rhyme scheme works well throughout, and we all loved the illustrations. It also includes a pirate glossary at the end. This was a very fun addition to our Christmas/holid... moreay books. :)
review 2: A chance encounter with a wonderful book in Captain Dan's Pirate Pastry Shop in Lincoln City, Oregon, at Christmastime led me to search high and low for Philip Yates' children's Christmas book A Pirate's Night Before Christmas. Serendipitously, just down the road, I walked into Robert's Bookshop, the owner a purveyor of rare, used, antiquarian, out-of-print books, and -Blimey! - there it was. The shop is cram-jammed ceiling to floor with rooms and rooms of books, every nook & cranny filled to overflowing. A veritable treasure trove. I wrapped up the book and will give it to my husband, a class of '59 Polson Pirate, for Christmas. I love it when I find the perfect gift. : ) less

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