Gingerbread Baby

Gingerbread BabyRemember 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.

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

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/04/1999
ISBN: 9780399234446
Pages: 33
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.31h x 11.34w x 0.42d
Award: Buckaroo Book Award - Nominee
Award: Bookseller's Choice - Winner

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/20/1999 pg. 88
Ingram Advance 10/01/1999 pg. 26
Kirkus Review - Children 11/01/1999 pg. 1739
Booklist 11/15/1999 pg. 633
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 30 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 30 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Library Journal 11/01/1999

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 34613 / Gingerbread Baby
Reading Level: 3.5 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5