This is a humorous, colourful and thoroughly piratical version of the Clement C. Moore classic. Young mateys will love the rollicking rhymes and sprightly, fun-filled pictures. It is suitable for children aged 3 to 5 years old. Young mateys will find plenty of holiday joy in this humorous, colourful and thoroughly piratical version of the beloved Clement C. Moore classic. On this ship of mischievous brigands, who have visions of treasure chests, not sugarplums, dancing in their heads, you wouldn't expect a visit from nice St. Nick. Instead, here comes Sir Peggedy, with his peg leg and hook arm, cracking his whip and driving eight giant seahorses: Salty, Scurvy, Sinbad, Mollie, Cutthroat, Cross-Eyes, Roger and Jolly. Philip Yates' rollicking rhymes and Sebastia Serra's sprightly, fun-filled pictures turn this Christmas perennial into a jubilant celebration!

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2011 by Sterling Juvenile .

Sebastia Serra lives with his family in a village near Barcelona, Spain, in a house facing the Mediterranean Sea. He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona, and has illustrated several books in Spain and in the United States. You can visit him online at www. sebastiaserra. com. Philip Yates lives in Austin, TX, and works at the Will Hampton Branch of Oak Hill Library in the Austin Public Library system. He is the coauthor, with Matt Rissinger, of several humor books for children, including Biggest Joke Book in the World , Great Book of Zany Jokes , and World's Silliest Jokes , all published by Sterling. His first pirate picture book for Sterling was A Pirate's Night Before Christmas .