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The Gingerbread Boy
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The Gingerbread Boy Hardback - 2011

by Paul Galdone; Paul Galdone (Illustrator)

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With lively illustrations full of spunk and humor, this classic retelling takes readers on an adventure-packed ride with one of literature's most beloved characters. This gift edition features gold foil accents. Full color.

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A folk tale classic by Paul Galdone, in a beautiful gift edition with gold foil accents.See if you can keep up with the Gingerbread Boy as he outruns a little old woman, a cow, and even a field full of mowers. With lively illustrations full of spunk and humor, this classic retelling takes readers on an adventure-packed ride with one of literature’s most beloved characters.

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"The classic tale of the old couple, with no children of their own, who bake a gingerbread boy to keep them company. Just as the little old woman is about to take him from the oven, he slips away and runs out the door past a cow, a horse, a group of threshers, mowers, etc. All follow in hot pursuit until the gingerbread boy meets up with a wily fox, and 'at last and at last he went the way of every single gingerbread boy that ever came out of an oven . . . He was all gone!' A wonderfully frenetic cross-country chase is depicted in Galdone's broadly humorous color wash drawings. Of the eight editions of this well-known story now in print, this hilarious version is the most delectable." --School Library Journal, starred

"Galdone has already proven many times over that he is perfectly at home with those traditional nursery tales that are still preschoolers' favorites, and his expressive, unassuming style just right for their very young audience. . . . Children will follow along breathlessly . . . right up to that last snip snap snip when the Gingerbread Boy goes 'the way of every single gingerbread boy that ever came out of an oven.'"--Kirkus Reviews

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  • Title The Gingerbread Boy
  • Author Paul Galdone; Paul Galdone (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarion Books
  • Publication date 2011-09-06
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780547599403 / 0547599404
  • Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.01 x 8.21 x 0.41 in (20.35 x 20.85 x 1.04 cm)
  • Age range 04 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 580
  • Themes
    • Topical: Self-Esteem
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Fairy tales, Folklore
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011287297
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.2

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"A wonderfully frenetic cross-country chase is depicted in Galdone's broadly humorous color wash drawings." -- School Library Journal, starred review

Citations

  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2012, Page 135

About the author

Paul Galdone was born in Budapest in 1907. He was the winner of the Caldecott Honor and illustrated over three hundred books in his lifetime, many of which are classic retellings.
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