Customer Reviews

Gingerbread Baby

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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!

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

Book arrived on time. Was as promised, new and in great shape. Price was very reasonable. Thanks for the great bargain.

My youngest daughter LOVES this book! She enjoys the adventures of "ginger baby" and when she's not in the mood for reading the book word for word, we can play a "look and find" game with all of the animals and people. This is easily her first favorite book and being a board book, is sturdy and easy for to turn the pages.

I purchased this book because of the illustrations. Mary pays so much attention to detail, it's amazing, and in this book (with a happy ending, as opposed to the Bros Grimm) there is a Bernese Mountain dog pulling a cart, as is traditional in their native Switzerland, in the midst of the merry chase. This is indeed a charming little book!

I read this book every year to my Kindergarten class. They love it!

It is a beautifully written and illustrated story of the Gingerbread man, with a different outcome!

The dual story, which can be seen in Jan Brett's small pictures around the main ones, always fascinate my higher-thinking students while the main story captures the whole class.

A very warm and cozy story that will leave you feeling the same way. Awesome version of an old classic!

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.

I could not believe my eyes when I opened this book up and found pen writing
on almost every page. Furthermore, the spine was broken. Yet the company that
I purchased it from said it was gently used. This company should not be doing buisness
on Amazon. Do not trust them or purchase from them. I purchased another book from
them at the same time and it was almost as bad!