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Gingerbread Baby Board book – Picture Book, September 22, 2003

by Jan Brett (Author, Illustrator)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,402 ratings
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Jan Brett's highly original version of the Gingerbread Boy story has quickly become a family classic. Now, the charming tale of Matti's clever trap for the runaway Gingerbread Baby is available as a beautiful board book for younger readers. And it still features a surprise lift-the-flap gingerbread house at the end!
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    2 - 6 years, from customers
  2. Part of series
    Jan Brett's Gingerbread
  3. Print length
    32 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Lexile measure
    AD580L
  6. Dimensions
    6.19 x 0.78 x 5 inches
  7. Publisher
    G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
  8. Publication date
    September 22, 2003
  9. ISBN-10
    0399241663
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0399241666
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Once again, Brett has given her own special spin to a classic. (Booklist)

About the Author

With over thirty four million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation's foremost author illustrators of children's books. Jan lives in a seacoast town in Massachusetts, close to where she grew up. During the summer her family moves to a home in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.

As a child, Jan Brett decided to be an illustrator and spent many hours reading and drawing. She says, "I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I'm drawing really exists. The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real."

As a student at the Boston Museum School, she spent hours in the Museum of Fine Arts. "It was overwhelming to see the room-size landscapes and towering stone sculptures, and then moments later to refocus on delicately embroidered kimonos and ancient porcelain," she says. "I'm delighted and surprised when fragments of these beautiful images come back to me in my painting."

Travel is also a constant inspiration. Together with her husband, Joe Hearne, who is a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Jan visits many different countries where she researches the architecture and costumes that appear in her work. "From cave paintings to Norwegian sleighs, to Japanese gardens, I study the traditions of the many countries I visit and use them as a starting point for my children's books."

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers (September 22, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Board book ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0399241663
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0399241666
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 6 years, from customers
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD580L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.19 x 0.78 x 5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,402 ratings

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Jan Brett is the author of the New York Times bestselling Gingerbread Friends, The Three Snow Bears, and The Mitten, as well as many other classics. She lives in Norwell, Massachusetts.

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I am proud to issue Gingerbread Baby and author Jan Brett my Best Ever You Blue Ribbon Award for Excellence. I have all of Jan's books and have read them to my children for years. My kids are now 13, 15, 17 and 19. Jan's books are treasured in our home. I also took many of Jan's books with me as Mrs Maine to read to children throughout Maine during my story times. Beautiful illustrations and story.
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NK Petraki
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful detailed illustrations and a great story.
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2024
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A really amazing board book with very detailed illustrations that I totally adore. Combined with a very clever story of a gingerbread's adventure, is the perfect book for every child and adult. I can't stop looking at these illustrations, this book has made me really happy!
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ChrisWP
5.0 out of 5 stars The Gingerbread Baby is a new classic book
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2022
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The Gingerbread Baby is a favorite book of three of my grandchildren. It is so loved that I am asked to
read it again at the end of the story. The beautiful illustrations by Jan Brett invite all people to look at it
for the rich details in its lovely layout format. An ideal addition to a young child's library. It should be considered a new classic.
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DB
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024
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Jan Brett books are absolutely beautiful! I’m on my second generation of children with these And the side panels on each page are wonderful for story building with the children
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NTT11590
5.0 out of 5 stars Always love Jan Brett
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2024
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We love Jan Brett books. This one was the perfect Christmas gift for a little one.
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Carma K. Galloway
5.0 out of 5 stars Cute story!
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2024
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I hadn’t seen this book before, but it is a cute story. Purchased for a great grandchild.
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erm_ll
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun book to read aloud to K-3 grade students
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2017
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Fun book to read aloud to K-3 grade students. Many (if not all) students know all about the gingerbread man, but few have ever heard of the gingerbread baby. Many students laughed just after I read the title. Most of them thought they knew what was going to happen to him as soon as they saw the fox. But, the surprise ending had students clapping and thankful that all was well for the gingerbread baby. The happy ending makes this my new holiday go-to book for future K students.
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Jteddinger
5.0 out of 5 stars Cute book
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2024
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Gave as a gift, very happy
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Ms Almeida
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful illustrations
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2023
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Welcome addition to my Christmas decor
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Sarah M
5.0 out of 5 stars The sweetest story
Reviewed in Canada on January 13, 2024
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My daughter discovered this book at the local library and couldn’t stop talking about it for weeks after it was returned. We gifted it to her for her 3rd birthday and she LOVES it. There is a surprise at the end that is very cute: a wonderful book!!!
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Babs
5.0 out of 5 stars Accurate description & condition better than expected ( perfect condition).
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2019
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VGC for a reused book, an attribute I value.
For use in classroom.
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Sole
4.0 out of 5 stars Molto carino
Reviewed in Italy on January 6, 2016
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A mia figlia è piaciuto molto, l'abbiamo letto più volte e poi fatto dei lavori intorno alla storia, consigliato per le bellissime illustrazioni di Jan Brett
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4.0 out of 5 stars Très beau livre
Reviewed in France on January 25, 2014
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C'est un très beau livre que mon bébé adore (on le lit tous les jours !). L'histoire est facile à comprendre et les dessins sont magnifiques. Seul défaut : un peu fragile (la porte de la maison en pain d'épice a été arrachée rapidement).
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橘　菘
4.0 out of 5 stars クリスマスや冬に読んであげたい本です
Reviewed in Japan on October 23, 2009
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ある日、Matti君はお母さんと一緒にジンジャーブレッドを作ります。
ところが焼きあがったジンジャーブレッドは「Catch me if you can!」と言ってMatti君のおうちから逃げ出し、村中を駆け回ります。村人や動物たちまでもジンジャーブレッドを捕まえようと大騒ぎ。そのたびにジンジャーブレッドは「Catch me if you can!」と言って追手をかわします。
そのころMatti君は一計を案じて…
はたして人騒がせなジンジャーブレッドはどうなるのでしょうか？Matti君のお手並み拝見です。
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