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“But they couldn't fool that Gingerbread Baby.“

I love the surprise at the end!

This book brings joy and excitement to the winter season! It has beautiful illustrations and describes the journey of the gingerbread baby!

“Matti couldn't wait any longer. He opened the oven door to take a peek. Instead of a gingerbread boy, out jumped a gingerbread baby!"

This story is great to use during a folk tail lesson but read after the original story about the gingerbread man. The students can compare and contrast the two stories to each other. There is a great use of pictures for younger readers who cannot quite read the words on the page.

This story is a spin the the Gingerbread Man tale, where the little boy accidentally undercooks the gingerbread and out pops a gingerbread baby. The baby runs away and the boy goes after him on a journey until they find him hiding away in the gingerbread house that the little boy made!

“Matti couldn't wait any longer. He opened the oven door to take a peek. Instead of a gingerbread boy, out jumped a gingerbread baby!"

This story is great to use during a folk tail lesson but read after the original story about the gingerbread man. The students can compare and contrast the two stories to each other. There is a great use of pictures for younger readers who cannot quite read the words on the page.

This story is a spin the the Gingerbread Man tale, where the little boy accidentally undercooks the gingerbread and out pops a gingerbread baby. The baby runs away and the boy goes after him on a journey until they find him hiding away in the gingerbread house that the little boy made!

“Ha, ha! Hee, hee! You'll never find me. I'm the Gingerbread Baby. Catch me if you can“

I would love to use this book and explore the idea of windows and foreshadowing with my students.

In Jan Brett's, Gingerbread Baby published in 1997, the Gingerbread Baby hopped out of the oven off of the baking tray because Matti Peaked before he was done being baked. The Gingerbread Baby goes on to create mischief by hopping across goats, tying girls' braids together, and running all over the place. He continues to run around and cause a ruckus when Matti gets the idea to bake him a house and trap him! Turns out they were both happy.

“Bake a full eight minutes. No more. No less. DO NOT peek, the recipe read.” (Brett, 1997).

My favorite part is when the Gingerbread Baby jumps out of the oven. I thought it was clever that Jan Brett made an underbaked Gingerbread Boy the Gingerbread Baby.

Matti and his mom want to make a Gingerbread Boy, so they get a cookbook and bake him. The recipe said to cook him for 8 minutes (no more, no less), but Matti grows impatient and opens the oven for a peek. Out jumps and underbaked Gingerbread Boy, a Gingerbread Baby! He wreaks havoc all over the town, while Matti makes a gingerbread house to catch him once and for all. This is an adorable and humorous story!

"Ha, ha! Hee, hee! You'll never find me. I'm the Gingerbread Baby. Catch me if you can"

I would love to use this book and explore the idea of windows and foreshadowing with my students. In doing so this book

In Jan Brett's, Gingerbread Baby published in 1997, the Gingerbread Baby hopped out of the oven off of the baking tray because Matti Peaked before he was done being baked. The Gingerbread Baby goes on to create mischief by hopping across goats, tying girls' braids together, and running all over the place. He continues to run around and cause a ruckus when Matti gets the idea to bake him a house and trap him! Turns out they were both happy.

“Matti couldn't wait any longer. He opened the oven door to take a peek. Instead of a gingerbread boy, out jumped a gingerbread baby!“

This story is great to use during a folk tail lesson but read after the original story about the gingerbread man. The students can compare and contrast the two stories to each other. There is a great use of pictures for younger readers who cannot quite read the words on the page.

This story is a spin the the Gingerbread Man tale, where the little boy accidentally undercooks the gingerbread and out pops a gingerbread baby. The baby runs away and the boy goes after him on a journey until they find him hiding away in the gingerbread house that the little boy made!

“He did not want to miss a moment”.

I really enjoyed how the hedgehog was able to experience some of winter and see what snow looked like before he hibernated. All because the little girl took him inside! It shows appreciation to the beauty of the winter season.

"Matti couldn't wait any longer. He opened the oven door to take a peek. Instead of a gingerbread boy, out jumped a gingerbread baby!"

This story is great to use during a folk tail lesson but read after the original story about the gingerbread man. The students can compare and contrast the two stories to each other. There is a great use of pictures for younger readers who cannot quite read the words on the page.

This story is a spin the the Gingerbread Man tale, where the little boy accidentally undercooks the gingerbread and out pops a gingerbread baby. The baby runs away and the boy goes after him on a journey until they find him hiding away in the gingerbread house that the little boy made!

This would be good to use in the classroom to teach students the patience and fairness as Matti the boy in the story had to patiently wait to catch the gingerbread baby, but the gingerbread baby did not play fairly during his chase and upset many people along the way because he was running.

“Who's left? Catch me if you can!“

Traditional literature- Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett (1997) is a classic tale and spin off of the fantasy picture book that shows the journey of a gingerbread baby that escapes the oven and leads the family on a journey through a swiss village. Matti stays home and surprises the gingerbread baby by setting a trap. I like the pictures that showed the people and provided a sneak peek as to what was going to happen next.

“Who's left? Catch me if you can!“

This would be good to use in the classroom to teach students the patience and fairness as Matti the boy in the story had to patiently wait to catch the gingerbread baby, but the gingerbread baby did not play fairly during his chase and upset many people along the way because he was running.

Gingerbread baby by Jan Brett (1997) is a classic tale and spin off of the fantasy picture book that shows the journey of a gingerbread baby that escapes the oven and leads the family on a journey through a swiss village. Matti stays home and surprises the gingerbread baby by setting a trap. I like the pictures that showed the people and provided a sneak peek as to what was going to happen next, which added to the excitement.

“Who's left? Catch me if you can!“

Gingerbread baby by Jan Brett (1997) is a classic tale and spin off of the fantasy picture book that shows the journey of a gingerbread baby that escapes the oven and leads the family on a journey through a swiss village. Matti stays home and surprises the gingerbread baby by setting a trap. I like the pictures that showed the people and provided a sneak peek as to what was going to happen next, which added to the excitement.

This would be good to use in the classroom to teach students the patience and fairness as Matti the boy in the story had to patiently wait to catch the gingerbread baby, but the gingerbread baby did not play fairly during his chase and upset many people along the way because he was running.