Author: Jim Aylesworth
Illustrator: Barbara McClintock
Genre: Traditional Literature
Awards:N/A
Grade Level: K-2
This book is about an old man and women who want to bake a perfect gingerbread man. Once the cookie is out of the over, he comes to life and runs away. He says "No, No, No you cant catch me I'm the gingerbread man". While he is on the run, he uses different people and animals to get to where he wants to be. His strategy seems to be working until he meets the fox. This is where the journey of the gingerbread man ends.
The illustrations in this story are classic and familiar. Students will love the little details on the gingerbread man's clothes.
Students can listen to the story while decorating a gingerbread man. Then they can write their own story using the character they just created.
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