"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 . . . He was all gone ' A wonderfully frenetic cross-country chase is depicted in Galdone's broadly humorous color wash drawings. Of the eight...
"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 a...
A fun take on history from Newbery Honor-winning author, Jean Fritz George Washington Allen, a boy who never gives up until he finds out what he wants to know, is determined to learn all there is to know about his namesake, including what the first president ate for breakfast "The sprightly, humorous story and likable colored illustrations bring history alive and make research meaningful." --Booklist "A delightful book. The plot combines history, biography, research, cooking and a determined child."--The New York Times Book Review "Younger and reluctant readers...
A fun take on history from Newbery Honor-winning author, Jean Fritz George Washington Allen, a boy who never gives up until he finds out what he ...
With warmth and humor, the beloved author and Caldecott Honor illustrator Paul Galdone masterfully retells the generations-old fairy tale of the Gingerbread Boy who escapes one mouth only to find himself in another. After the cookie boy's dramatic escape from the little old woman's oven, he runs and runs, shouting "Catch me if you can " to his various hungry pursuers, the last of whom is a smarty-pants fox who eats him--gulp Action-packed storytelling and plenty of repetition--along with Galdone's comical ink-and-wash illustrations--are the perfect recipe for a perennial story-hour...
With warmth and humor, the beloved author and Caldecott Honor illustrator Paul Galdone masterfully retells the generations-old fairy tale of the Ginge...
Convinced the sky is falling, Henny Penny and a band of gullible friends march off to tell the king, only to meet their end at the hands of a wily fox.
Convinced the sky is falling, Henny Penny and a band of gullible friends march off to tell the king, only to meet their end at the hands of a wily fox...
