The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School (Gingerbread Man Loose)

This book follows the story of a gingerbread man who was made in a classroom and then left behind as the children went about their day! Through the help of various school faculty he embarks on a race around the school to find his classmates! Eventually he is reunited with his worried classmates.

I read the book I can tell you the illustration and the title of the book already lured me into wanting to read it. When I finally read it I read it to my boyfriend and we both loved it. I got so into it. The illustrations were my favorite out of all the picture books I read. What I liked about the

Show More

book was the flow and the rhyme.

Show Less

written like a comic, incorporates rhythm of original gingerbread story, can be used to teach mapping and school workers, making friends and not leaving anyone behind

I love the many versions of the gingerbread man, but I will say that this is probably one of my favorites. I like how the authors changed the commonly known phrase, "You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man" to the new phrase of "I can catch them, I'm their gingerbread man". The ending is also

Show More

different from most of the other versions, which I like! The pictures are fun and enjoyable! I read this book to my class and they loved it. We also were able to discuss some of the similarities and differences from this version to other versions we have read together. At the beginning of the year, I always do a school tour with my class. I would love to use this book at the beginning of the year to discuss different places and people in the school.

Show Less

The class make a gingerbread man and then go out for recess. The gingerbread man goes through the school asking each teacher if they had seen the kids that made him. Finally he finds that the kids went to recess but they had returned to class. When he returns the kids all cheer, they tell him that

Show More

they only left him to cool. He then finds that they have made him a desk, a house, everything he needs to live with them in their classroom.
This would be a fun story to read before making gingerbread cookies. Otherwise I think it is just a fun read-loud.

Show Less

A nice spin on a classic tale, I never enjoyed the original ending to this story so I was pleased to see a modified ending. The Gingerbread man is very cute in this depiction and the illustrations are larger than life. Children should enjoy this tale and may crave Gingerbread afterwards.

This book was funny and I was glad that I found it. I created a unit on the Gingerbread Man this year and this book will go great with it. In many versions of the Gingerbread Man he is chased by people and animals that want to eat him. In this version he is chasing the students of a class that bake

Show More

him and then go out to play. This is a fun twist on the normal Gingerbread stories.

Show Less

A cute book following the adventures of a gingerbread man finding his way back to his classroom

I had previously read this book and really liked it myself. I thought it was a good way to update the gingerbread man story. Children who are in school would like this story and could imagine it in their own school. I also liked how they laid out the images to have more pictures to help illustrate

Show More

the story. This would be nice for children who are going to school for the first time, since it talks about the different rooms you can find in a school. Then you could take your students for a walk to find all of those places.

Show Less

This book was super cute, and will be easy to identify with by anyone who has made gingerbread men at school.

Very entertaining reversal of the traditional gingerbread man story. This time the gingerbread man is in search of the kids in a school. It's an adventue you don't want to miss, adorable character that he is.

Summary: This book is about a class room of kids making a gingerbread man. The kids leave the gingerbread man in the room to cool as they went out to recess. The gingerbread man was upset because the kids had left him all alone so he goes threw the school looking for the children and ends up in

Show More

several different rooms along the way with the PE teacher, principal and nurse helping him find his way back to the class.

Personal Reaction: This was a cute book. I have not heard or seen this version of a gingerbread story. the story can teach that things are not always as they seem, things are done for a reason.

Classroom Extensions:
1.) The children could make gingerbread cookies and a gingerbread house as they had in the story.
2.) Discuss what the children would want to do and teach a gingerbread man if he came to our room.

Show Less

Great book for K-2nd graders. Kindergarten project- QR scavenger hunt. Students look for gingerbread men around school- scan QR codes to find games/stories related to gingerbread men/Christmas.

The kids in class made the gingerbread man and then went out to recess. The gingerbread man wanted to play with the kids so he went through a lot of obstacles to try to find them outside, but kept getting into trouble. Eventually he ended back up in the classroom and the kids built him a

Show More

gingerbread house to live in. They promised they would take him outside with them next time. I probably wouldn't use this book in a lesson plan, but it is a fun story for kids to read about the different ways of getting through tough times and having your friends around you to pick you up.

Show Less

This book utilizes repetition and rhyming text, which are both appealing characteristics for young readers. The illustrations are also humorous and done in comic book style panels. This helps to move the action and the reader's eyes from page to page. Children will enjoy this nontraditional

Show More

retelling of a well-known story. This book could be used in the classroom during a unit on fractured or modern fairy tales. It could also be used in the beginning of the school year as an introduction and a means by which children could get to know their new surroundings.

Show Less

Students make a gingerbread man in school. They let it cool while they go to recess. But during recess the gingerbread man comes to life and is left all alone! He goes searching for the class while meeting various people of the school-the gym teacher, nurse, etc. Finally, a friend helps him find

Show More

his class and they all celebrate.

Something I could definitely see using on the first day of school! The students could then have a scavenger hunt of their own with clues I make from each important place in the school. Very cute book for teachers!

Show Less

This story is a fun and fresh take on the classic tale of the gingerbread man. I like that when he is "running as fast as he can" it is to find his friends rather than run from someone he has tricked. It is a very humorous twist and teaches children about friendship.

This book flows well in a rhyming form. The pictures are great, almost comic book like. It is fun and silly and young children would definitely enjoy this book.

This book is a book told through the eyes of a gingerbread man who was made by a school class. When the class goes out to recess he tries to follow them. He gets help from different school staff members. Finally the school principal shows the gingerbread man that the class who made him is looking

Show More

for him and made missing posters. The gingerbread man returns to an excited class and is given a gingerbread desk, chair, and home. He is overjoyed to be part of the class!

Show Less

The children make a gingerbread boy but leave him behind when they go to recess. He searches the school for them and stops at many different locations to see where they might have gone.

Children will love the design and artwork, and as a teacher you could study the art and design in this book with

Show More

your students to see how the author made the book appealing to her audience.

Show Less

The classic story of Gingerbread Man is given an optimistic and empathetic spin in Laura Murray's rendition. Here, the Gingerbread man is created after a class bakes him to life. However, once they leave the classroom to go to recess, the Gingerbread Man becomes paranoid, believing that they have

Show More

abandoned him and to fend for himself. As he runs throughout the school searching for his long lost beloved creators, he runs into many staff and faculty members which help to guide him in the direction of his class. When he does finally become reunited with them, he is able to clear up any misunderstanding and learn that his being is highly important to the children and that he has become a loving member of their class.
I found this book to be extremely enjoyable and entertaining to read. Especially after only being acquainted with the original Gingerbread Man story where he devious and is being chased by the antagonistic baker, this uplifting and more community based interpretation of the story is refreshing. I see that the illustrations by Mike Lowery are a strength to the book because they are simple and very stylized, become more active cartoons than static pictures. The emphasis with Lowery's illustrations is to portray simple depictions of scenes rather than focusing on artistic skill, which is something that shows the mindfulness of the young audience the book is geared to. Furthermore, the images are placed in a comic book format, which is creative because not many picture books are set up this way. This I also think is a strength for the book because since it has such a unique format, young people are then exposed to a different style of story telling and may experience it in a more participatory manner (i.e. a read along/ aloud rather than independently).
Something additional that I and others too may appreciate from reading this book is the depiction of the characters in the book. The Gingerbread man, students, and teachers in the story are all given diverse, individual identities. This is important in any story, I believe, because it celebrates and points to the differences in the world amongst people and shows it as being a positive feature rather than a hindrance. Overall, this story praises the idea of community and inclusivity in its imagery and underlying message.

Show Less

I thought this book was very sweet and could be used to help new students that feel scared and left out. Reading this book would let them know that no one wants to make anyone feel left out. Like the gingerbread man in this story, even though he was lost and confused, there was always people around

Show More

him trying to guide him in the right direction and willing to help out. Also the gingerbread man encountered many obstacles in his way but he managed to pull through, same with new students, it will be difficult at first but they are not alone.

Show Less

This is a very enjoyable book both the plot and the illustration is very strong. I love that it is a new take on the classic gingerbread man story. In my opinion this one is much more enjoyable and connects more to children. His journey around the school is very fun and we all worry that he isn't

Show More

going to find his way back but when he does we are overjoyed to find out that his class had been looking for him to and wants him to stay. I think I would use this as a fun read-a-loud in my classroom around christmas time, I also plan on having this in my reading corner.

Show Less

I really loved reading about the gingerbread man's adventures! Like author Laura Murray states, it is a tradition for classrooms to make gingerbread men who end up running around the school (I certainly remember doing so as a kid!) In her book, we get to see all of the people that he meets along

Show More

the way. I loved her fun rhymes and think that it would be a great book to read aloud to a class before doing this fun activity!

Show Less