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New York : Scholastic Press, 1998.
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A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of pursuers until he meets a clever fox.
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LibraryThing member ah932109
Summary: A little old woman and man, who didn't have children, decided to bake some gingerbread cookies. When the woman opens the oven to take the cookies out to let them cool, one of the cookies jumps off running. Saying, "You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man." They both run after him, he
Personal Reaction: I read this book to the second graders at the school I work at. They loved the story! They knew when the gingerbread man was going to say, "you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man." The students would say that part of the story. The students were excited to see if the gingerbread man was going to get away or not!
Extension Ideas:
1) Read the gingerbread man and gingerbread girl to the children.
2) Have the children compare and contrast both books.
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also meets a cow, butcher, and sow during the story. He runs away from all of them too. At the end of the story, the gingerbread man meets a sly fox. The fox catches the gingerbread man and eats him.Personal Reaction: I read this book to the second graders at the school I work at. They loved the story! They knew when the gingerbread man was going to say, "you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man." The students would say that part of the story. The students were excited to see if the gingerbread man was going to get away or not!
Extension Ideas:
1) Read the gingerbread man and gingerbread girl to the children.
2) Have the children compare and contrast both books.
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LibraryThing member mirandamae18
A classic copy of a traditional folk tale. This version of the Gingerbread Man is very fun and has great illustrations. I plan to use this book as part of my gingerbread man unit in December. It will be great for our comparison of different versions of the same story. The repetition from character
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to character will also be fun for the kids. This will also be a great book for talking about predictions and the different endings that the same story could have. Great for all ages, but especially for young readers. Show Less
LibraryThing member sharmon05
This book retells the classic tale of the gingerbread man; this makes this book a good example of a folk tale. The texts style is very engaging. There is a lot of repetition throughout the story; this makes the book easy to follow along.
LibraryThing member AngelaPrice
This Traditional Fantasy folktale features the short-lived adventures of a speedy gingerbread cookie. The Gingerbread Man escapes from the oven and runs out of his maker’s house, encountering a butcher, a cow, a sow and a sly fox as he runs away from the old man and woman who created him. He’s
When I read this story it reminds me of Mr. Jim at the Lawton Public Library. He leads a weekly story time hour for preschoolers, and this is one of his favorite stories to tell. On my son’s first trip to library (when he was old enough to remember it, anyway) Mr. Jim recited this book and gave all the kids a gingerbread cookie. It made quite an impression on my son.
In the classroom I would read this book and follow up with decorating gingerbread cookies. I’d provide the students with several colors of icing and all the necessary decorating goodies and let them design an original Gingerbread Man. Perhaps I’d continue and have the students write a short story about the adventures of their Gingerbread Man. This book would also be a good opportunity to let the students read along. Since many of the phrases are repeated, the students could easily recite the lines said by the Gingerbread Man.
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outsmarted in the end, but the Gingerbread Man has great fun taunting his chasers as he runs through town and across the countryside.When I read this story it reminds me of Mr. Jim at the Lawton Public Library. He leads a weekly story time hour for preschoolers, and this is one of his favorite stories to tell. On my son’s first trip to library (when he was old enough to remember it, anyway) Mr. Jim recited this book and gave all the kids a gingerbread cookie. It made quite an impression on my son.
In the classroom I would read this book and follow up with decorating gingerbread cookies. I’d provide the students with several colors of icing and all the necessary decorating goodies and let them design an original Gingerbread Man. Perhaps I’d continue and have the students write a short story about the adventures of their Gingerbread Man. This book would also be a good opportunity to let the students read along. Since many of the phrases are repeated, the students could easily recite the lines said by the Gingerbread Man.
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LibraryThing member melissafourroux
The Gingerbread Man is a traditional fantasy tale of an old woman and an old man who make a delicious gingerbread man for them to eat and little do they know as soon as the oven door opens he runs and runs and runs. They chase after him along with several other characters that the Gingerbread Man
I have really liked this book from as far back as I can remember. I love the repetitive role that little ones can play as this book is read to them. When I was a little girl, I loved the fact that the gingerbread could talk. It is a story that is pure fantasy and children love to hear stories about things that cannot happen.
I would love to incorporate this story around the Christmas Holidays and let the children make and decorate their own Gingerbread Man. Once the children have created their own Gingerbread Man, the story can be read and they use their own cookie to read along with the story. They could play the characters in the story like the gingerbread man and the wolf. This could also be an opportunity to let them create the rest of the story for the characters. You could ask them questions like "do you think the old man and old woman made another gingerbread man?" "What do you think happened next?"
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meets along the way. The tale ends when the Gingerbread Man meets the tricky wolf and is gobbled away.I have really liked this book from as far back as I can remember. I love the repetitive role that little ones can play as this book is read to them. When I was a little girl, I loved the fact that the gingerbread could talk. It is a story that is pure fantasy and children love to hear stories about things that cannot happen.
I would love to incorporate this story around the Christmas Holidays and let the children make and decorate their own Gingerbread Man. Once the children have created their own Gingerbread Man, the story can be read and they use their own cookie to read along with the story. They could play the characters in the story like the gingerbread man and the wolf. This could also be an opportunity to let them create the rest of the story for the characters. You could ask them questions like "do you think the old man and old woman made another gingerbread man?" "What do you think happened next?"
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LibraryThing member ingahatch
This classic fantasy story starts by the creation of a gingerbread man. He soon decides he would like a little more adventure in his life than the fate of being eaten. On his getaway adventures he meets up with a cow, a fox, and a butcher, but in the end the sneaky wolf gets the best of him.
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Classroom activities could include decorating gingerbread cookies or watching clips from Shrek where they like to animate these classic fantasy stories.
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always an interesting story and I am not sure why it has been so popular for so many years. It doesn’t really have a moral or a happy ending and seems to scare kids that they are eating a living creature during winter holidays when they make gingerbread cookies.Classroom activities could include decorating gingerbread cookies or watching clips from Shrek where they like to animate these classic fantasy stories.
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LibraryThing member rturba
Fantasy
Media: engravings with acrylic or oil
Characterization: The gingerbread man is round and static. We know his ambitions are not to get eaten, however, his ambitions never change and eventually become the death of him.
Theme: freedom, the cost of freedom
Review: This is book is a great work of
Media: engravings with acrylic or oil
Characterization: The gingerbread man is round and static. We know his ambitions are not to get eaten, however, his ambitions never change and eventually become the death of him.
Theme: freedom, the cost of freedom
Review: This is book is a great work of
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fantasy because the gingerbread man can obviously not be alive. Throughout the book you quickly find yourself cheering for him to be free and get away from those who want to eat him. Show Less
LibraryThing member awidmer06
Genre: Folktale
Age Appropriateness: Primary/Intermediate
Review: This book is a good example of a folktale because the story has been passed along through generations and grown out of imagination. The plot is simple to follow and the reader is able to identify with the character’s actions. In this
Media: This book is a good example of watercolor, sepia ink, and gouache. The illustrations blend well together and has even flow. The sepia ink gives the pictures fine outlines so they look neat. By using gouache, the pictures have a wide variety of textures. The paintings look realistic with the various art forms being used.
Character: The gingerbread man is an interesting character. He is static because he doesn't undergo any important internal changes. Instead, he continues to antagonize people and ends up being eaten because of it. However, if he knew the wolf would eat him I am sure he would have undergone some change.
Age Appropriateness: Primary/Intermediate
Review: This book is a good example of a folktale because the story has been passed along through generations and grown out of imagination. The plot is simple to follow and the reader is able to identify with the character’s actions. In this
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story, a freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes pursuers until he meets a clever fox. Unfortunate for him, the gingerbread man does not outwit the fox. Media: This book is a good example of watercolor, sepia ink, and gouache. The illustrations blend well together and has even flow. The sepia ink gives the pictures fine outlines so they look neat. By using gouache, the pictures have a wide variety of textures. The paintings look realistic with the various art forms being used.
Character: The gingerbread man is an interesting character. He is static because he doesn't undergo any important internal changes. Instead, he continues to antagonize people and ends up being eaten because of it. However, if he knew the wolf would eat him I am sure he would have undergone some change.
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LibraryThing member ally.hughes87
The traditional story of the gingerbread man that runs and runs and thinks that he'll never get caught.
The saying "Run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man", is extremely well known, but if you're like me, you often forget the details that go with the saying. I felt
In the classroom you could have students decorate their own gingerbread man-either real gingerbread with icing or a paper gingerbread. You could also divide the class into reporters and story characters for a writing assignment and have the reporters ask the characters about the incident.
The saying "Run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man", is extremely well known, but if you're like me, you often forget the details that go with the saying. I felt
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it was nice to reread the familiar story as an adult.In the classroom you could have students decorate their own gingerbread man-either real gingerbread with icing or a paper gingerbread. You could also divide the class into reporters and story characters for a writing assignment and have the reporters ask the characters about the incident.
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LibraryThing member jgabica
This Fairytale is very commonly told in many different versions. In this book, an older couple makes a gingerbread man only to have him run away and taunt them to run after him. After doing the same to many animals, finally a fox tricks him, catches him, and eats him. The main character is the
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gingerbread man. We know this by the author and narrator. He is a flat character, revealed by his actions and interactions with others. Media: Ink and fill Show Less
LibraryThing member bwyatt
This Fairytale is very commonly told in many different versions. In this book, an older couple makes a gingerbread man only to have him run away and taunt them to run after him. After doing the same to many animals, finally a fox tricks him, catches him, and eats him. The main character is the
This book reminds me of the holidays at my house. I can remember making gingerbread man houses and having so much fun.
i would do this in a holiday section of the class course. I would also have a big day set aside and read the book and then have an activity of making their very own gingerbread man house!
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gingerbread man.This book reminds me of the holidays at my house. I can remember making gingerbread man houses and having so much fun.
i would do this in a holiday section of the class course. I would also have a big day set aside and read the book and then have an activity of making their very own gingerbread man house!
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LibraryThing member lindyvee
This traditional fantasy is about an old woman who cooked a special treat for her husband - a gingerbread man. When she opens the oven door, he jumps out and runs away. The old woman and old man along with many of the farm animals try to catch him, but he is too fast for them. Finally, he is
I've always enjoyed reading this book aloud to young children. The repititions keep them entertained and I had one little boy who would repeat the lines before I could read them. In fact, he eventually could recite the entire book, word for word. It is a great story that has been around for many generations.
For an extension, small children could paste the eyes and buttons on a felt gingerbread man. Also, you could do a lesson on how gingerbread is made and give each child a gingerbread man cookie to decorate with icing and gumdrops.
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tricked by a sly fox into crossing the water on the fox's nose. And, of course, the fox gobbles him up. I've always enjoyed reading this book aloud to young children. The repititions keep them entertained and I had one little boy who would repeat the lines before I could read them. In fact, he eventually could recite the entire book, word for word. It is a great story that has been around for many generations.
For an extension, small children could paste the eyes and buttons on a felt gingerbread man. Also, you could do a lesson on how gingerbread is made and give each child a gingerbread man cookie to decorate with icing and gumdrops.
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LibraryThing member malinacoulter
An old man and a woman bakes their own gingerbread man one day. As they open up the oven out runs the gingerbread man. Down the road he runs screaming,” you can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man”. He ran from the old couple , a butcher, a cow and a sow . Then he came to a tricky old fox
This is a classic book. It has lots of rhyme and repetition and is very easy to follow. I think that this would be a great book to read aloud because I believe it would keep the attention of the children because of all the adventure in it.
In the classroom I would like the children to bake their own gingerbread men and to write their own rhyme about their gingerbread man.
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and that is where his story ends. This is a classic book. It has lots of rhyme and repetition and is very easy to follow. I think that this would be a great book to read aloud because I believe it would keep the attention of the children because of all the adventure in it.
In the classroom I would like the children to bake their own gingerbread men and to write their own rhyme about their gingerbread man.
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LibraryThing member mistywood
The Gingergread Man, retold by Jim Aylesworth, and illustrated by Barbara McClintock. This version of the Gingerbread man follows the delicious smelling cookie man as he runs through the village, where he encounters townfolks who want to catch him as he teases them with his repetive rhymes.
The
Extension Activity: Allow children to learn rhymes from story so they can participate during story time.
Extension Activity: Make gingerbread man (woman) cookies. Children will enjoy learning about recepies, measuring, and nutrition during this activity. Cooking activities teach children math and science concepts, as well as nutrition information.
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book is beautifully illustrated with a dirvese cast of characters, including a talking pig, a talking cow, and the tricky fox. I enjoyed the repetition of the rhymes, and feel children could re-tell the story by looking at the pictures. Extension Activity: Allow children to learn rhymes from story so they can participate during story time.
Extension Activity: Make gingerbread man (woman) cookies. Children will enjoy learning about recepies, measuring, and nutrition during this activity. Cooking activities teach children math and science concepts, as well as nutrition information.
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LibraryThing member kaitlinc23
This book is a good example of a folktale because it has cookies and animals talking and doing human things. Also I have heard this story told in a couple ways. It is a good example of how some stories can be retold in many ways.
Plot: The ginger bread man is baked then runs away and then continues
Level: Primary
Plot: The ginger bread man is baked then runs away and then continues
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to run and run away from different characters until he meets his match with the sly fox. Level: Primary
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LibraryThing member icedchai
Genre: This book is a good example of a fairy tale. The story began with 'once upon a time' and the rest of the story could not happen. A gingerbread man would not be able to, after being cooked, jump from the oven and run away.
Repetition: 5 stars
Age: Primary
Repetition: 5 stars
Age: Primary
LibraryThing member ahauze
One of the many versions of the folktale of the gingerbread man, featuring the line "No! No! I won't come back! I'd rather run than be your snack!" and the ending in which the fox gobbles up the gingerbread man in the woods in front of all of his pursuers.
LibraryThing member r13
This is a fun classic book to use around the Christmas season. The students are always so upset that the gingerbread man gets eaten in the end. Therefore, it is fun to have the students change the ending of the story.
LibraryThing member lleighton05
Critique:
Genre: This book is a famous story that is told and retold through generation and generation. The story demonstrates the bad character of the gingerbread man, but yet the reader partly sympathizes with him because he will be eaten otherwise. It has rhythm and rhyme during the certain
Plot: The plot of the story moves in chronological order when the gingerbread man is first baked, and then runs away and comes across the other characters. The climax of the story could be either when the gingerbread first comes alive, or when he gets eaten by the fox. The conflict occurs because the gingerbread man is running away, but only so he doesn't get eaten.
Media: Watercolor/pen
Genre: This book is a famous story that is told and retold through generation and generation. The story demonstrates the bad character of the gingerbread man, but yet the reader partly sympathizes with him because he will be eaten otherwise. It has rhythm and rhyme during the certain
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parts when he claims people can't catch him becuase he is the gingerbread man. Plot: The plot of the story moves in chronological order when the gingerbread man is first baked, and then runs away and comes across the other characters. The climax of the story could be either when the gingerbread first comes alive, or when he gets eaten by the fox. The conflict occurs because the gingerbread man is running away, but only so he doesn't get eaten.
Media: Watercolor/pen
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LibraryThing member wenestvedt
A beautifully illustrated version of this story.
There's a rhyme that's set apart as verse, and so I sang it (to some tuneless melody) the first time I saw the book -- and so we've been forced to reinvent the tune every time we've read it since then.
There's a rhyme that's set apart as verse, and so I sang it (to some tuneless melody) the first time I saw the book -- and so we've been forced to reinvent the tune every time we've read it since then.
LibraryThing member rpazmino-calligan
This is a classic book about the gingerbread man. It tells the story of how an elderly couple bakes a gingerbread cookie that comes to life and runs away. The gingerbread man runs from everyone singing a rhyme about it. He ends up being duped by a fox who does not share the cookie with anyone else.
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LibraryThing member Mad.River.Librarian
I'm really a sucker for the Barbara McClintock illustrations. They are gorgeously rendered. Everything her paintbrush touches turns to gold (see The Tale of Tricky Fox, The Mitten, Goldilocks and the Three Bears). The Gingerbread Man is snappy, the supporting cast of characters are equally dapper
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and droll, but none are the equal of the suave and slick Fox. Snip, snap. Yum. Show Less
LibraryThing member Venisa
Genre: Fairy Tale
Review: This is the classic, old story of the Gingerbread Man, one of my favorites! I remember it being read to me when I was very little. This story is a fairy tale for a few reasons. The first is because it starts out with the opening, "Once upon a time..." Also, it brings forth
Media: watercolor, sepia ink, and gouache
Review: This is the classic, old story of the Gingerbread Man, one of my favorites! I remember it being read to me when I was very little. This story is a fairy tale for a few reasons. The first is because it starts out with the opening, "Once upon a time..." Also, it brings forth
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a lot of playfulness to a child's life and gets their imaginations going as the story is being read. Lastly, it is a fairy tale because it has been retold by the author, Jim Aylesworth. Media: watercolor, sepia ink, and gouache
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LibraryThing member karenamorg
This is a classic retelling of the cumulative tale about a runaway gingerbread man cookie, with illustrations by Barbara McClintock done in her elegant, richly embellished style. This version, rooted in the “fleeing pancake” motif (#2025 on the Aarne-Thompson scale), shows the cookie created by
Aylesworth, J., & McClintock, B. (1998). The gingerbread man. New York: Scholastic Press.
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an elderly couple and ultimately eaten by a sly fox. Aylesworth’s pacing of the text and the charm of McClintock’s illustrations combine for a perfect version with which to introduce young children to the Gingerbread Man tale. A recipe for gingerbread cookies is included on the back cover, and a likeness of the author, Jim Aylesworth peers from a corner of the cover at the illustration of the title character. Target audience K-2.Aylesworth, J., & McClintock, B. (1998). The gingerbread man. New York: Scholastic Press.
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LibraryThing member mburgess
The poor gingerbread man gets eaten by a wolf. This story is very similar to the original one. I think this book would be a fun book to read, most children know about the gingerbread man.
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Awards
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Picture Book — 2001)
CCBC Choices (1998)
Original publication date
1998
ISBN
0590972197 / 9780590972192