The Gingerbread Boy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780547599403)

"The classic tale of the old couple, with no children of their own, who bake a gingerbread boy to keep them company. Just as the little old woman is about to take him from the oven, he slips away and runs out the door past a cow, a horse, a group of threshers, mowers, etc. All follow in hot pursuit until the gingerbread boy meets up with a wily fox, and 'at last and at last he went the way of every single gingerbread boy that ever came out of an oven . . . He was all gone!' A wonderfully frenetic cross-country chase is depicted in Galdone's broadly humorous color wash drawings. Of the eight editions of this well-known story now in print, this hilarious version is the most delectable." --School Library Journal, starred

"Galdone has already proven many times over that he is perfectly at home with those traditional nursery tales that are still preschoolers' favorites, and his expressive, unassuming style just right for their very young audience. . . . Children will follow along breathlessly . . . right up to that last snip snap snip when the Gingerbread Boy goes 'the way of every single gingerbread boy that ever came out of an oven.'"--Kirkus Reviews

Author: Paul Galdone
ISBN-10: 0547599404
ISBN-13: 9780547599403
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2011
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.01h x 8.21w x 0.41d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 37036 / Gingerbread Boy


Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 135 - Superior,Well Above Average