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Gingerbread Baby
Contributor(s): Brett, Jan (Author)
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
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
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
 
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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