Customer Reviews

The Gingerbread Boy

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My three and a half year old son loves this story which is about a gingerbread boy who runs away from people and animals who want to eat him, only to wind up in a river, on the back of a sly fox, who pretends not to be interested in him. The fox eats the boy but this story is not scary. My son tells me it is "OK that the fox ate the gingerbread boy because he is really a cookie, and not a real boy". I would not recommend this book to kids who are three and younger as it might scare and confuse them. This is an older traditional story, a classic. Highly recommended.

I will be reading this book along with some other similar titles to my youngsters. The pictures are very vivid and the repeated patterns make it easy for children to follow!

Paul Galdone's adaptation of The Gingerbread Buy is a wonderful version of the story. It is great for teachers and for families. I use it in my classroom every year with my first grade students.

An old woman and an old man have no kids, so the old woman makes a gingerbread boy. When she opens the oven, the gingerbread boy jumps out and runs away. He gets chased by the old woman and old man, a cow, a horse, and some farmers out threshing. Eventually, a fox manages to catch the gingerbread boy through cunning, and the fox eats him up. Some kids may find the story quite scary, and may find the unhappy ending a bit disconcerting. But it's a classic tale and quite engaging. The book has about 1300 words.

Love this story, captivating for preschoolers (I worked in a preschool before reading this book)... my son loves it. I think it has a good lesson also, not to tease, not to trust strangers and being careful because people that appear good could be bad.

this book is an excellent edition to use to introduce young children to classic fairy tales. I like Paul Galdone's work, and this one is very much in his usual style.

This is a well-written version of the Gingerbread Man story. The read-along CD is pleasant and easy to follow along. My preschool/kindergarten children both enjoy this book and CD.

Loved the book and cd! Fast shipper and the book and cd are in excellent shape and shipped in orginal packaging. Thanks for great business!!

This is my 4 yr old's favorite book! The teachers incorporated this item into the library and they told me it was his favorite book at school, so we got one for home too! We added the audio to iPod so we can listen in the car and when we're just idle :)

This book is a classic! The illustrations just jump off the page. My children loved this book and now my grandchildren love it!