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Type of bind: Board book
EAN num: 9780399241666
ISBN number: 0399241663
Label: Putnam Juvenile
Manufacturer: Putnam Juvenile
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: September 22, 2003
Publishing house: Putnam Juvenile
Age index: Baby-Preschool
Sale Popularity Level: 63474
Studio: Putnam Juvenile
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Jan Brett's highly original version of the Gingerbread Boy story has quickly become a family classic. Now, the charming tale of Matti's clever trap for the runaway Gingerbread Baby is available as a beautiful board book for younger readers. And it still features a surprise lift-the-flap gingerbread house at the end!
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I purchased the board book edition of this delightful story for my littlest readers and only later had occasion to hear the whole story at a library story hour. I had noticed that my edition was unusually choppy for this author and seemed to be missing vital chunks of plot. How disappointing! Gingerbread Baby is a wonderful story, but please buy the paperback or hardcover editions instead. Otherwise, you and your child will miss out on a great thing!
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Jan Brett does a great job with every book she does. I was very excited when she did the Gingerbread baby story. I knew the illustrations would be exceptional and they are. Her books can almost be enjoy by pictures alone. I bought this book years ago for my children. I bought this one for a friend's daughter for Christmas and included a TY Gingerbread Baby. She is 3 and her mother said she just loved it. I think I started a new tradition at someone else's house every Christmas.
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Matti waits for gingerbread to be made while he thumbs through a cookbook. A gingerbread baby, much like the classic childhood tale, pops out the oven, and scampers across the room. Household havoc soon follows as Matti's family tries to catch the escaped snack.
The gingerbread baby leads everyone outside and down the road, creating a mess along the way. The entire town is up in arms, tempted by the gingerbread baby's poetic taunts:
"I'm the Gingerbread Baby.
Catch me if you can!"
How will the gingerbread baby be caught? Can Matti save the day?
Beautiful colored drawings fill each page, with many two-page spreads. There is winter atmosphere, from the fire-filled hearth, to snow flowing over mountaintops, to the sugar-crusted gingerbread house. Creative and active, the pictures meet well with the story.
The pictures sometimes overtake the type. Although set in Breughel (like Times New Roman) in what appears to be 14 pt., the contrast is occasional weak, making the story difficult to read in a few places.
I fully recommend "Gingerbread Baby" by Jan Brett. It is one of the good ones.
Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com
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