Can't Catch Me

by John Hassett and Ann Hassett

Book Overview

In this frosty spoof of the tale of the gingerbread boy, a mother makes her thirsty boy an ice cube for his lemonade. The ice cube escapes from the freezer and runs out the kitchen door. He has big... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618704906
• ISBN13: 9780618704903
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.2" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Cute version

I have started to collect various versions of the gingerbread man. In this version, an ice cube is the featured "man." He has a cute catch phrase with another fun ending. A lovely addition to my collection.

A series of encounters thwarts his big plans in this fun tale.

John and Ann Hassett's CAN'T CATCH ME offers up a funny spoof on the classic gingerbread boy runaway: here a mother makes her thirty boy an ice cube for his lemonade - but it escapes and runs out the kitchen door with plans to grow into an iceberg so he can bump into boats. A series of encounters thwarts his big plans in this fun tale.