The Gingerbread Cowboy

by Janet Squires

Book Overview

"Giddyup, giddyup as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man " The Gingerbread Cowboy can run from the rancher, he can dash past the javelinas, and he can giddyup right by the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545163609
• ISBN13: 9780545163606
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

It was missing a page.

Pretty bummed that it was missing a page, hoping I can find a better copy.

Gingerbread Cowboy

In this variation on the Gingerbread Man story, the Gingerbread Cowboy encounters lizards, long-horn cattle and other animals native to the west. He doesn't meet a fox but does meet...well, I won't spoil the surprise. Illustrations seem to be taken right out of the painted desert.

Another great gingerbread book!

As a Kindergarten teacher, I am always looking for a new twist on an old story. One of the best ways to help children to start crafting their own stories is to have them use a character they already know and change the setting or other characters in the story to make it their own. This book is a great example of doing this. My class enjoyed the book. When I lent the book to another teacher, her children loved it so they were running around the yard calling Giddy up! as they chased each other. She told me that they didn't have that reaction to the original story!

The Gingerbread Cowboy

Great twist on a classic tale. My class of first graders LOVED it!

Baked Treat Runs Wild in the West

The classic tale of the gingerbread man searching for freedom with the wrong people goes out west. The artwork is done in a style that accentuates the western theme. Well worth adding to any early reader's library.