The Gingerbread Boy (Paul Galdone Nursery Classic) reading books this book is perfect for

this book is perfect for newcomers and devoted fans alike

* This folkloric pourquoi tale effectively blends peaceful bedtime rhymes with the lure of irresistible snacking temptation-- BCCB

/ Does he run off and hide

And you get to play in the dirt

The Gingerbread Boy (Paul Galdone Nursery Classic) reading books this book is perfect for"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