The Gingerbread Boy (Hardcover, Library binding)

“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

General

Imprint:	Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 1979
First published:	July 1979
Authors:	Paul Galdone
Dimensions:	197 x 260 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Library binding
Pages:	40
Edition:	Library binding
ISBN-13:	978-0-395-28799-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Myth & legend told as fiction
LSN:	0-395-28799-5
Barcode:	9780395287996

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