Gingerbread Baby

by Jan Brett

Book Overview

Remember how the Gingerbread Boy is eaten by the fox? Well, not this Gingerbread Baby in a delicious twist to a favorite old tale. It all begins when Matti opens the oven too soon and out jumps a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399234446
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.4" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

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Not in Like New Condition

Obviously chewed on by a teething child and covered in food. Board book with bent pages. Second attempt to get this book in the condition described as "like new".

Great winter time read aloud for Kdgn.- 1st grade & parents

The Gingerbread Baby is a great read aloud story for kids ages 4-7. I recommend reading this story and other Gingerbread Man or Gingerbread Boy stories. Kids in kindergarten and first grade just love the story and interact with it. Illustrations are great-Jan Brett is awesome.

The Gingerbread Baby

The book was very enjoyable. The illustrations were very detailed and gave the reader clues to what was going to happen next. This story compared to the "traditional" Gingerbread Man were he gets eatten was much better in a way because it wasn't violent.

Thanks, Jan Brett!

I work as a teachers' assistant with kindergartners. Jan Brett's books have long been favorites of mine. She may have outdone herself on this one! There's always the exquisite artwork, the detailed borders that foreshadow the story, and the kind and gentle retelling of tales that are classics. This is a delightful take on "The Gingerbread Man," the same story we grew up with, with a magical ending. "The Gingerbread Baby" does not get eaten this time. How this comes about just really captures the children's imagination-they cheer, clap, and smile from ear to ear. We read all the versions of "The Gingerbread Man" that our school library has, and the kids vote on their favorite version. Every year, "The Gingerbread Baby" wins, by huge amounts. That's all you need to know, really, about this book. Five, six, and seven year-olds just LOVE it. And the adult reading it will enjoy the story and marvel at the beautiful art work, which Jan Brett does herself. Highly recommended!

The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett

Jan Brett has done it again with her latest book. Her detailed, distinctive style is immediately recognizable to those who admire her work. The Gingerbread Baby is a new twist on an old tale. The naughty baby runs away with a host of people and animals chasing him. The pattern of the story makes it a joy for children to read and act out. Jan adds her own special ending which will be a delight to children and adults alike.

This is a super story with excellent pictures!

We thought this story was very funny. We really liked when the gingerbread baby was running away from all the people. We also thought making a gingerbread house for the baby was a great idea. The pictures were very colorful and neat to look at. In our opinion this is a perfect book! We recommend it to everyone!