The various endings means that it’s also fun to use these stories for making predictions. The best thing about teaching with this popular folktale is that there are so many versions of it! That makes it really easy for children to compare and contrast setting, characters, illustration style, plot, and more.
(Disclosure: Books and Giggles is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to .) Comparing Gingerbread Man Books You can see I should have given myself a little more room to write! (and maybe a few more columns) When I got home with the books, I made myself a chart and dove in, taking notes as I went. I can only imagine what she was thinking… probably “who is this crazy lady checking out all the Gingerbread Man picture books in September?” We still have curbside pickup for library books, so I didn’t get to chat with the librarian who put the books in my car for me. They are so much fun to compare and contrast with each other!Įarlier this fall, before there would be any demand, I checked out just about all the Gingerbread Man books my library system could provide. I also love that there are so many Gingerbread Man stories out there – with a variety of characters and endings. Every year we like to make gingerbread playdough in December. (Sept.Inside: This list of Gingerbread Man books is organized by grade and listed in pairs or groups of stories that are great to teach side by side.
Gall’s ( Little Red’s Riding ’Hood) flat compositions, rendered in muted tones, don’t really tap into the humor to the same degree, though, and the cast of animal martial artists (which includes both panda and snake characters) can’t help but feel like a Kung Fu Panda redux.
Danger was near”) and dialogue (“Ninjabread Man!” shouts Ninja Bear. Leigh’s story is at its best when it’s taking advantage of the comedic disconnect between action-movie seriousness and yummy baked goods, which extends to both the narration (“Suddenly, a sweet scent filled the night air. In Leigh’s pseudonymously written version, the Ninjabread Man runs toward, rather than away from, the other characters, challenging each one to a fight and winning (“Try, try as best as you can, you can’t beat me, I’m the Ninjabread Man!”) until a fox dispatches the cookie by maintaining his meditative cool. A sensei bakes a gingerbread cookie treat for his animal pupils, but the ninja cookie who emerges from the oven has other ideas, as every fan of this cumulative tale knows.
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