The Gingerbread Man

Usborne First Reading Level 3

by Mairi Mackinnon (Adapter), Elena Temporin (Illustrator), Louise Flutter (Contributor)

Retells the fairy tale in which a gingerbread man outruns an old man, a cow, a farmer, and a school full of children, but is ultimately eaten by a crafty fox.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folklore

23 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2006

About the author

Mairi Mackinnon has lived in England, Scotland, France, Italy and Spain, and worked as a teacher, translator and tour manager before joining Usborne. Over the years she has written and edited Usborne books in sixteen languages, from Arabic to Welsh. She lives in a house full of teenagers, books and curious musical instruments.

Reviews

[Hermione Cuell]

It was brilliant I loved it.

[Malinda]

The Gingerbread Man is a all time favorite! I loved it as a child and now my son loves it too. It is one of his favorites. What I find so powerful with this story is the message-- "You should not be so quick to trust others". I think one of the children's favorite lines is..."Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man". I love how the Gingerbread Man thinks he is smarter than everyone, until the end he gets tricked. This is a great independent or group read as well as a great mentor text. I think it would be great to read to young readers in and outside the school.

I would recommend this to others. There are any different versions as well as funny version of this book.

[♡Lily Jane♡]

Did this with my tutoring student. She did really well and the story was very cute and fun.

[Rose English]

Book 10 of my Goodreads Challenge 2019

Run, run as fast as you can,
You can't catch me I'm the Gingerbread Man'

Oh how I love this story and it brings back so many wonderful childhood memories. It is great to share with a new generation of young readers.

(I shall be singing that all night now LOL)

**Not for sensetive children though as the ending is pretty horrific.

[Skylar Higgins]

This is a classic story about an old lady and an old man who are unable to have children. The old lady wanted a little boy so bad that she created one out of gingerbread. When she opened the oven, the gingerbread man ran out the door. Throughout the story, he ran away from school children, a farmer, a horse, a cow, a little old woman, and a little old man. While running away, he sang “Run, run, as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man!” He came across a river and a fox volunteered to help him cross. Ultimately, the fox tricked him so he could eat him himself. This book can be used for grades prek-3. This is a repetitive story, so it can be used as a comprehension book to keep them engaged in the story. It can also be used as an interactive book because specific words in the book keep the children interacted. After reading the story, children can draw and decorate their own gingerbread man and possibly eat some gingerbread with it.

[Karim Elmenshawy]

run run as fast as you can you can't catch me i'm the gingerbread man

[Terri Zumbahlen]

Great book for emergent readers. The story is simple and the text easy to read. The graphics follow the story nicely. Would also be good for teaching story elements and assessing comprehension.

[Iqra Fiaz]

A fresh retelling of an old classic fairytale.

[Lex Redding]

My one year old tasted his first gingerbread man this week, and then enjoyed hearing this story.

[Brjejejdhehhd]

ı am read a book gingerbread man !!!111

[Lex Redding]

A twist on the classic gingerbread man story, my two year old finds this fascinating and scary all at once. He's mesmerised by the tune and the characters chasing after the gingerbread man.

[Emma]

Classic fun for all to join in the telling.

[The British International School Madinaty BISM]

Zeinah Fadi, class 3C

I liked the book because it was fun and it was long.
I like long books.
It was amazing/excellent

[Hm]

Goood💝

[Katie Burton-Smith]

I didn’t really like this book because it didn’t have a happy ending and I saw no theme to the story. It was good of the perspective of it being a classic story being retold.

[Sherry Scheline]

Wonderful book. A kindergarten child read this to me today and it was awesome. The illustrations were beautiful and it was a joy.

[Brian Trull]

I absolutely love the classic gingerbread man story!

[zhanghao]

A tragic story teaches us that we must combine courage with caution.

[Sarah]

Eh, okay as a story. Probably makes a good reader with its repeated words.

[Ra]

I read this book to the youngest member in the family (saden), and l'm doing a reading challenge these days according to Bookccino list that says: "read a children's book to the children of the family"

[Natalie Pietro]

My son started preschool and each week they visit the library. This is the first book he picked out to bring home. He really enjoyed this book. Classic story that still entertains the young generation today.

[Kathryn]

A lovely version of the classic story. The text has enough rhythm that it could stand alone, and the illustrations are clear and appealing. Even the feel of the padded cover is attractive.

[Shelly Koressel]

This is a good version of the classic story. The pictures in this book are fantastic.

[Jo Miller]

A longer easy-reader book but kept short and simple. The story is the traditional retelling of the Gingerbread man and young children will have fun with this story.

[Jacob]

The gingerbread man comes alive after he is baked by the little old woman. He runs away from the little old woman and then encounter other nursery rhyme characters who he must get away from. It’s a fun story that children like following the chase.