Gingerbread Baby Contributor(s): Brett, Jan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0399234446 ISBN-13: 9780399234446 Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: So begins the rollicking chase around Matti's kitchen and out into the countryside as Matti's mother, his father, the cat, and the dog run after the boisterous, bouncing Gingerbread Baby, only to be joined by a flock of goats, Martha and Madeline, a crowd of villagers and more. The Gingerbread Baby stays just out of reach, daring them to catch him all along the way! But Matti's not with them. He's at home, and we see him in the borders patting and rolling and putting something into the oven. What is he making? Will he ever see his Gingerbread Baby again? Yes! In a delicious twist at the end that surprises even that mischievous Gingerbread Baby. Jan Brett's lively and beautifully detailed paintings catch the spirit of a favorite old tale through her cheeky little Gingerbread Baby and the colorful cast of characters who pursue him through a tiny Swiss village surrounded by forest and mountain. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Christmas & Advent - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels - Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends & Mythology |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 98052310 |
Lexile Measure: 580 |
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 11.34" W x 9.31" (1.02 lbs) 32 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 34613 Reading Level: 3.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 |