The Gingerbread Boy Big Book

The Gingerbread Boy Big Book"The classic tale of the old couple, with no children of their own, who bake a gingerbread boy to keep them company. Just as the little old woman is about to take him from the oven, he slips away and runs out the door past a cow, a horse, a group of threshers, mowers, etc. All follow in hot pursuit until the gingerbread boy meets up with a wily fox, and 'at last and at last he went the way of every single gingerbread boy that ever came out of an oven

"The classic tale of the old couple, with no children of their own, who bake a gingerbread boy to keep them company. Just as the little old woman is about to take him from the oven, he slips away and runs out the door past a cow, a horse, a group of threshers, mowers, etc. All follow in hot pursuit until the gingerbread boy meets up with a wily fox, and 'at last and at last he went the way of every single gingerbread boy that ever came out of an oven . . . He was all gone ' A wonderfully frenetic cross-country chase is depicted in Galdone's broadly humorous color wash drawings. Of the eight editions of this well-known story now in print, this hilarious version is the most delectable." --School Library Journal, starred

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 12/01/2006
ISBN: 9780618836864
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 12.70h x 16.70w x 0.30d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 37036 / Gingerbread Boy
Reading Level: 3.2 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5