Gingerbread Baby Hardcover - 1999
by Jan Brett
When the oven door is opened too soon, out jumps a cheeky little Gingerbread Baby, who then leads a colorful cast of characters on a rollicking chase through the village and into the forest, staying just out of reach, daring them to catch him, all along the way! Full color.
Summary
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 cheeky little Gingerbread Bay. He leads Matti's mother and father, the dog and the cat. And a whole colorful cast of characters on a rollicking chase through the village and into the forest, staying just out of reach, daring them to catch him along the way.
But Matti's not with them. He's at home in the borders making what turns out to be a gingerbread house into which the Gingerbread Baby runs. Only Matti knows he is safely inside. And readers will too when they look under the lift-the-flap gingerbread house at the end of the story, and there he is!
From the jacket flap
So begins the rollicking chase around Matti's kitchen and out into the countryside as Matti's mother, his father, the cat, and the dog run after the boisterous, bouncing Gingerbread Baby, only to be joined by a flock of goats, Martha and Madeline, a crowd of villagers and more. The Gingerbread Baby stays just out of reach, daring them to catch him all along the way!
But Matti's not with them. He's at home, and we see him in the borders patting and rolling and putting something into the oven. What is he making? Will he ever see his Gingerbread Baby again?
Yes! In a delicious twist at the end that surprises even that mischievous Gingerbread Baby.Jan Brett's lively and beautifully detailed paintings catch the spirit of a favorite old tale through her cheeky little Gingerbread Baby and the colorful cast of characters who pursue him through a tiny Swiss village surrounded by forest and mountain.
Details
- Title Gingerbread Baby
- Author Jan Brett
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 32
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, NY
- Date 1999-10-04
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780399234446 / 0399234446
- Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 9.31 x 11.34 x 0.42 in (23.65 x 28.80 x 1.07 cm)
- Ages 04 to 08 years
- Grade levels P - 3
- Reading level 580
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Western Europe
- Holiday: Christmas
- Library of Congress subjects Toy and movable books, Baking
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98052310
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 11/15/1999, Page 633
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2000, Page 30
- Ingram Advance, 10/01/1999, Page 26
- Kirkus Review - Children, 11/01/1999, Page 1739
- Library Journal, 11/01/1999, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 09/20/1999, Page 88
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