This book caught my eye from the cover. I know you aren't suppose to "judge a book by it's cover" but the illistrations were very detailed and reminded me of gingerbread houses I have made in the past. We see that this gingerbread man lives in a beautiful gingerbread home in the room of "Mattie" and he has lots of toys and treats but he is missing something. The gingerbread man wanted a friend because he got really sad when Mattie would go out with his friends. Another thing I liked about this book was that on each page there was a different quotation by the gingerbread baby that goes along with the traditional gingerbread story. "I'm the Gingerbread Baby, Peppy as can be, I'll be friends with you, If you'll be friends with me."
The illistrations, like the cover, were so pretty and reminded me of Christmas. They included the main image for the text, but on every page of the story there was a boarder of Christmas decorations, candy, candy canes, and other items that would be around the house around Christmas time. Every page was filled from one side to the other with images and designs that made each page feel full of holiday spirit.
This book would be great to use in an unit on Christmas or holiday themes or to use in contrasting stories of the same idea by different authors. This book is similar but different than other Gingerbread stories that I have read in the past.
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