The Little Gingerbread Man

by George Haven Putnam

The Little Gingerbread Man By George Haven Putnam

24 pages, Paperback

First published August 26, 2008

About the author

1844-1930

Reviews

[Esther Barajikian · Rating 3 out of 5]

"The Little Gingerbread Man" by George Haven Putnam is a classic children's picture book intended for primary readers. I read this in e-book format through www.allyoucan books.com. The story is a cumulative tale that tells the adventures of a mischievous, freshly-baked gingerbread man who jumps from Cook's oven and flees in an attempt to escape being eaten by little Bobby.

The classic style of this book which was first printed in 1910 is charming with beautiful pictures and decorations by Robert Gaston Herbert. This book transports me back to the days of my childhood when I was first introduced to this delightful tale. It is truly a classic story that can be enjoyed by children of all ages. It would be a great book to use in the elementary classroom to demonstrate the type of literature that was typical during the 1st half of the 20th century. A great learning activity would be to compare and contrast this book to a more modern fantasy tale for children.

[Essie (Sarah) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not at all the story. I grew up with the little gingerbread man. No lines of “Run! Run—as fast as you can! You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man!” But I like the way things were described in this book. It’s very much feels like folklore where you’re like, “What the heck is happening? That was dark lol.” Honestly, I also missed some parts because the library version I loaned was not formatted well so it was hard to read so bare that in mind when reading this review..

[Zvonimir · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good example of existential horror.

[val]

read this with my little brother. it was honestly terrifying

[fira · Rating 3 out of 5]

🌟 3.4/5

[Sharlene Hakes · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute story about a gingerbread man (cookie) running away to not get eaten.

[Dave8433 · Rating 5 out of 5]

this wasn't the exact one i read but i cant find it on here. this book brought me back to my youth. i had not remembered to much of how the story went so i decided to grab this off the little cousins book shelf as well. it was about a women who makes ginger bread men and the local children would come and steal them off her window sill. a butterfly comes by one day and tells the trey of ginger bread to jump and run so they dont get eaten by the children. only one hops off the trey and runs the kids chase him and he yells "Run, run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man". this was funny. my girl friend made fun of me as i read this book aloud.