The Cajun Gingerbread Boy

by Berthe Amoss

A Cajun-dialect version of the adventures and misadventures of the gingerbread boy who jumps from a Bayou Lafourche mawmaw's too-hot oven comes complete with a removable gingerbread boy.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

Hardcover

First published May 1, 1995

About the author

Born and raised in New Orleans, Berthe Amoss has never stopped writing about her home city. She is the author and illustrator of twenty-eight children's and young adult books. Her picture book The Cajun Gingerbread Boy won a Children's Choice Award and The Chalk Cross was a finalist for the Edgar Allen Poe Award.

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book, but the kids find it hard to follow the French vocab. (3rd grade)
I love the little man that can be moved.

[Tasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was okay. Not the best, but okay.