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Gingerbread Baby

by Jan Brett Publisher: PUTNAM YOUNG READERS

A gingerbread chase with a clever twist

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Hardcover New English

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A gingerbread chase with a clever twist

When Matti opens the oven too soon, a Gingerbread Baby escapes and leads a village-wide chase. The story’s parallel action gives Matti a separate role: while others pursue the runaway, he stays home making a gingerbread house. A lift-the-flap ending lets readers discover where the Gingerbread Baby has gone. Jan Brett’s picture book reworks a familiar Christmastime tale around a chase, a handmade gingerbread creation, and an interactive final reveal.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 who enjoy picture-book adventures and chase stories
  • Families looking for a Christmastime story to share
  • Young readers who enjoy lift-the-flap books

Themes

Gingerbread and holiday storytellingChasing and escapeMaking and ingenuityInteractive reading

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Book overview

Jan Brett's Gingerbread Baby is not about to get eaten in this delicious twist on a favorite Christmastime 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!

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