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The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School
When a class leaves for recess, their just-baked Gingerbread Man is left behind. But he's a smart cookie and heads out to find them. He'll run, slide, skip, and (after a mishap with a soccer ball) limp as fast as he can because: "I can catch them! I'm their Gingerbread Man!"
With help from the gym teacher, the nurse, the art teacher and even the principal, the Gingerbread...more
With help from the gym teacher, the nurse, the art teacher and even the principal, the Gingerbread...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
July 7th 2011
by Putnam Juvenile
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Summary: In this story a class makes their own gingerbread man and then they go out to recess and leave him behind. The gingerbread man jumps up off his cookie sheet and goes looking for his class. He finds the art teacher, nurse and principal but not his class. Finally he discovers his class has put up “Missing” signs looking for him!
Audience: K-2
Appeal: Holiday book!
Implementation: I would turn this story into a game around the winter holidays. I remember once in elementary school my class go...more
Audience: K-2
Appeal: Holiday book!
Implementation: I would turn this story into a game around the winter holidays. I remember once in elementary school my class go...more
Each year the kindergarten teachers at my school start the year off with a gingerbread man unit, where the students decorate their own gingerbread man (paper). When I first saw this book, I thought it would be perfect to share when the students came to the library for the first time. The kindergarten teachers give me a gingerbread man that they have decorated with each class, and we pretend that it 'ran' away, (it's really fun to pretend not to know where it came from, I hide it in the book). We...more
Very cute twist on the traditional Gingerbread man story. A classroom bakes a gingerbread man and leaves him to cool while they go off to recess. Except he thinks he was purposely left behind he and wanders around the school to find his class. I like the fact that he visits the gym, the nurses' office, the art teacher, and the principal; but there are so many other places he does not visit (hmm, the library, for instance) that I feel could have been visited. That being said, I still enjoyed the...more
Children love listening to the wild chase in the classic folktale The Gingerbread Man, and many teachers read this folktale and its variations to preschool and kindergarten classes. I was thrilled to discover The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School, by Laura Murray - it combines a fun story with great rhyme and rhythm, one that will be perfect for reading aloud at the beginning of the year!
As he tells in this delightful story, the gingerbread man is put together by a classroom full of kids. But...more
As he tells in this delightful story, the gingerbread man is put together by a classroom full of kids. But...more
This book was one of the books that won the Washington State Childrens Choice Picture Book Award and I can see why. This book is very kid friendly and I loved how the pictures were similar to a graphic novel type design and the words were very easy to read and follow along because of the rhythmic flow that it had. The story was simple but sweet and it took a story that most people already are familiar with and tweaked it to make it more relatable to children. I also think that it's a great book...more
Dec 11, 2011
Dolly
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
parents reading with their children
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cooking-recipes,
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fitness-sports,
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This is a fun story about a gingerbread man who gets left behind and then searches all over the school (with some bumps along the way) for his class. The rhyming narrative is entertaining, but I must admit that I don't love the illustrations. The story is presented in a graphic novel-style format, with lots of cartoonish frames. Our borrowed copy didn't have a poster mentioned by other reviewers - there was a pocket for it, but it was missing.
The story reminded us of our youngest's daughter's k...more
The story reminded us of our youngest's daughter's k...more
What would happen if you took the traditional story or the gingerbread boy and put him in a school setting? Well, the students make him, bake and decorate him, and leave to another class. The poor gingerbread boy thinks they have left him and goes looking for them because, after all, he is part the class now! When the class returns, the gingerbread boy is missing and they make missing gingerbread boy signs! What a fun, rythmic version of the original story told in graphic novel or comic book box...more
"I began in a bowl. I was not yet myself--just a list of ingredients pulled from a shelf, chosen by children who measured and mixed my smooth, spicy batter while sneaking quick licks..." When the cooking class kids run off to recess, this smart cookie rollicks after them, rhyming all the way! En route he meets the school nurse, who band aids his gingerbread toe back on, the art teacher who almost has him for lunch, and Principle Peacock who helps reunite him with his culinary classmates! In the...more
This is such a cute book about a class of children that make a gingerbread man. After the children take the gingerbread man out of the oven, they go outside for recess. But, the gingerbread man wants to go with them. So, he gets up off of the pan and goes around the school looking for the children. He runs into many obstacles and teachers that try to help him along the way. Finally, he reaches the principal and she shows the gingerbread man all of the "Missing Gingerbread Man" signs that the chi...more
I LOVED this book! perhaps because this exact thing happened when I was in 1st grade and I remember it vividly. We made gingerbread men as a class and when it was cooking, somehow the gingerbread man ran away. We went around and asked the librarian, the principal, etc. When we got back to the kitchen, the cook told us that she had caught the gingerbread man, but his leg had broken when she caught him. What a fun memory for me! So, I totally loved reading this book to my kids and having the magic...more
The Gingerbread man wanted to find the students who made him. But,when he began his journey he would be lost in a teacher's room. Then, the gingerbread ask the teacher for directions.This book reminds me of middle school. Because when I was looking for another route to my locker,because the doors were closed. When I saw stairs, I went up and I saw no six graders so i asked a teacher for help. Then I went back then I found my way back. I would recommended this book to ages 5-8 because it has more...more
Age: 1st-2nd grade
Food: Cookie
Murray nailed the rhyme scheme with a lovely new addition to the Gingerbread Man tale. This is better suited for older kids because the fun rhyme is still there but the repetition is slightly less emphasized, making it seem less "baby-ish." Also, they will need to know the original tale in order to see the slight humor in the Gingerbread Man running towards humans instead of away.
The ending was also satisfactory and comforting to see the kids preparing for and invi...more
Food: Cookie
Murray nailed the rhyme scheme with a lovely new addition to the Gingerbread Man tale. This is better suited for older kids because the fun rhyme is still there but the repetition is slightly less emphasized, making it seem less "baby-ish." Also, they will need to know the original tale in order to see the slight humor in the Gingerbread Man running towards humans instead of away.
The ending was also satisfactory and comforting to see the kids preparing for and invi...more
My son got to read this one in his Kindergarten class. Then they got to decorate a cookie that runs away. Then they go in search of it. It gave them a chance to learn about different places like the computer lab, the library, the lunchroom and the office, as well as meet the people who worked at the school like the secretaries, the custodian, the lunch lady, the librarian, and the principle. And then they got to eat their cookie. I thought it was cute. So then I had to get the book, so we could...more
Really fun when hubby reads it doing Gindy's voice from Shrek!! LOL
To be featured on Story Time with The Book Nympho.
To be featured on Story Time with The Book Nympho.
This is a rhyming version of the Gingerbread Man story that is much more school friendly. Not only is it set in a school, and talks about the different people who work in the school, but there is also no eating or decieving of the Gingerbread Man. This is a book I would like to have in my classroom library for 2nd or 3rd grade, but I do not think I would do more with it than have it available during free reading time.
After the class of children bakes a gingerbread man, they all disappear. So the gingerbread man goes out looking for them. Along the way he meets various teachers, all of whom help him in his quest to rejoin his class.
Very well done rhyming text that was a lot of fun to read. Fun graphic-novel-like illustrations. Overall, a good read. Might be fun to use in a storytime with the right group of kids.
Very well done rhyming text that was a lot of fun to read. Fun graphic-novel-like illustrations. Overall, a good read. Might be fun to use in a storytime with the right group of kids.
To start off the year a gingerbread man goes missing and the kindergartners at my school go looking all over the school for him. Along the way, they get to see all the different areas of the school (the gym, the office, the library) and meet the folks (like me the librarian) associated with those areas. They come into the library with a sign they made of what he looks like, and ask if I have seen him. I get to introduce myself and say "he was here running in and out of all the shelves, but then...more
We ordered this book through Scholastic Book orders. My two daughters (ages 7 and 5) sat down with me and we read it together. By the end our cheeks hurt from laughing so much. It was fantastic!
Incredibly cute illustrations went along with a story that was funny, engaging and smart. We love this book and plan on buying copies for our friends as Christmas gifts.
Incredibly cute illustrations went along with a story that was funny, engaging and smart. We love this book and plan on buying copies for our friends as Christmas gifts.
Being a big fan of any gingerbread man variation, I was a little nervous to see what would happen to our dear friend if he went to school. I was completely delighted by the quick and quirky rhymes, suspenseful scenarios, comic panel style illustrations, and the idea of the gingerbread man chasing after children rather than everyone chasing him.
Teachers who love to riff on the Gingerbread Man will love this variation in which the Gingerbread Man gets lost in school. Plays along great with Gingerbread Man hunts, and sure to be a hit with kids who just can't seem to get enough of all the variations on the Gingerbread Man story. Pair with any Gingerbread story!
Twist on the classic story...this time the cookie is loose in the school and trying to find his class. Set up like a comic or graphic novel, that may or may not be an obstacle to reading aloud to a large audience (although the pictures are well-sized). May be nice to couple with the classic by Galdone for a happier ending.
Students: Kindergarten- 3rd
Fun filled book!!
Deals with personification : gingerbread man
The form of this story is in the form of a comic book
I love how at the very beginning of the book there is a recipe that created the gingerbread man
* Read this book to talk about the responsibility of the class!!!
( Class pet, class mascot, class materials, and peers)
Fun filled book!!
Deals with personification : gingerbread man
The form of this story is in the form of a comic book
I love how at the very beginning of the book there is a recipe that created the gingerbread man
* Read this book to talk about the responsibility of the class!!!
( Class pet, class mascot, class materials, and peers)
I did read aloud with my students with this book. students loved this book. this book is like a short cartoon book. make different pictures are in the book. story of gingerbread man who thinks that children who made him left him behind and tries to look for them. fun to read at the first day of school.
We've been reading several variants of the gingerbread story and this one was a winner. I test drove it with first grade and it was a hit--enough of the original to make a connection and set in a school so they could relate. Plenty of rhyming for participation and simple, appealing illustrations.
This is so much fun! The gingerbread man is looking for the kids that made him rather than running away from them and he ends up meeting most of the people at school. This would be an awesome book to read before you take a tour of the school or a great beginning to making a map of your school.
Excellent book for Back to School, but a really fun read any time. Great rhythm and rhyme make it perfect for read-out-loud, has lots of illustration frames so it works like a comic or graphic novel which makes it excellent for children learning to read to explore on their own.
A gingerbread man freshly baked by a class of students gets lost in the school. Rhyming text and the frequent injection of the familiar "catch me if you can" beat make this a fun read-aloud. Mr. Schu and Mrs Miller used this as a back-to-school activity - hmmmm. May have to try that!
After getting his leg injured the Gingerbread Man ends up in the nurses office and separated from the class that made him. In the end the Gingerbread Man is reunited with the class that made him.
Unique Gingerbread Man story written in a rhyming scheme reminiscent of Twas the Night Before Christmas. Will make an excellent read aloud.
Unique Gingerbread Man story written in a rhyming scheme reminiscent of Twas the Night Before Christmas. Will make an excellent read aloud.
This story which incorporates the same storyline as the Gingerbread Man is a story you could use with younger students to compare and contrast the 2 stories. I like the rhyme of the book and the illustrations. This is a book I can see my students asking for over and over again.
This one you won't get tired of. I found this at the library and had to get it for myself, I mean, my 3-year-old. Every time I read it to my daughter, I can't help myself from getting animated with the story-telling... which makes the whole experience even more special.
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Nov 05, 2012 08:16pm