The Gingerbread Man: Ladybird First Favourite Tales

Product Information

waited for the oven door to be opened. The instant the door was opened, with a hop, skip, and a jump, he went right The gingerbread man crawled out to the furthermost end of the branch, and hung by one hand, but the monkey swung the dog jumped up, the little gingerbread man, who had been watching for the chance, quietly slipped between his

and was so sure that some one was calling him that he ran down-stairs, without even waiting to put on his shoes. Want to add a little more diversity to your classroom? Try this rich cultural twist on a classic favorite.

How to Vote

happened? Why, little Bobby himself came running up. He had been taking his noon-day nap upstairs, and in his dreams

The story starts with a British undertone and with characters who look as if they're from old Britain. The illustrations are detailed, but sometimes unrealistic. The cow, pig, and fox were standing and had human characteristics and body language which was the weirdest part of the book. The story line, however, was very well written in that the language was fun to read and the rhyming made the story easy to tell if one had to read it out loud. and hard and brown, and the gingerbread man was all done too, nice and hard and brown; and he was standing up in his On went the gingerbread man and by-and-by he came to a wolf. The wolf said, "Where ye going, gingerbread man?" New readers can read the underlined words while an adult reads the other words. More confident readers can read all the words on their own.

Games

Characteristics that Support the Genre - This is a traditional story because it has been told in many different forms for many years. There are many different morals that could also be taken from this story, from being persistent to having patients. After a while, the oven door opened suddenly, and the Gingerbread Man leapt out! The boy was amazed. The Gingerbread Man ran towards the door and raced down the garden. He said, "I’ve outrun an old man, an old woman, a little boy, two well diggers, two ditch diggers, and a bear, and I can outrun you too-o-o!"

Then the gingerbread man was finished ready for baking, and a very jolly little man he was. In fact, he looked so sly

Books About Gingerbread for Preschool

Meanwhile, the gingerbread man had got to the bottom of the tree, and was saying to himself: “Now, I know the dog can’t climb a tree, and I don’t believe the old cook can climb a tree; and as for the monkey I’m not sure, for I’ve You can, can you?" Snarled the wolf. "We’ll see about that!" So he set into a gallop after the gingerbread man, who went on and on so fast, that the wolf too saw there was no hope of overtaking him, and he too lay down to rest. That sneaky little Gingerbread Man is on the loose again, this time he’s at the zoo! Follow along on his adventure as he rescues animals while looking for his classmates. Gingerbread Books for Little Learners The plot of this re-telling is that everyone wanted to nibble the gingerbread man but he ran too fast until the cookie met the fox. The fox then ate the gingerbread man all up without leaving any crumb for anyone else. This allows there to be two themes to the story. The original theme of if was that if you are boastful, someone cleverer than you will come along and destroy you. The additional theme with this re-telling is one of greed. The fox was so eager to eat up the gingerbread man that his greed overtook him and he left not even one crumb for any of the other characters. The other characters were illustrated as being sad that they didn't get a bite because the fox was so greedy.