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Gingerbread Man Books

Gingerbread man books are great for reading with young children because of the repetition with words and strong picture clues. They are also a great way to celebrate the season in schools that do not celebrate holidays.  Here are our favorite gingerbread man books.

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Read a classic Gingerbread Book, Retell the Story 

Gain familiarity with the traditional story line by reading and retelling a classic or traditional version. Retell the story in your own words. Let the kids act it out in groups or use puppets as props in their retelling.

The Gingerbread Man
The Gingerbread Man
The Gingerbread Man
 The Gingerbread Man (First Readers)
Richard Scarry’s The Gingerbread Man (Little Golden Book)
The Gingerbread Man: My First Reading Book

Read a Gingerbread Book, Then Write Your Own Version BUT Change the Setting

Read a series of Gingerbread Books from the same series.  Discuss similar themes in each of the stories.  Then create your own Gingerbread Tale in a new setting.  Tell or write the story. Maybe your gingerbread man will get loose in the zoo, in the library, or at the grocery store!

The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas
The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School
The Gingerbread Man Loose on the Fire Truck

Read a Gingerbread Book, Then Compare it With A Story from Another Culture

Many traditional tales are told around the world, it a different way. In Russia, the gingerbread man is Kalobok, or a round bread that runs from the children.  Read a set of gingerbread books and compare.  How are the stories similar? How are the stories different?  Make a Venn diagram to chart.

 
Senorita Gordita
The Matzo Ball Boy (Picture Puffin Books)
 The Gingerbread Cowboy
The Musubi Man: Hawai’i’s Gingerbread Man
 The Runaway Rice Cake

Read a Gingerbread Book, then talk about how the character differs from the “traditional” tale. 

 

The Gingerbread Girl
Gingerbread Baby
The Gingerbread Pirates
Gingerbread Friends
Gingerbread Mouse
The Gingerbread Girl Goes Animal Crackers
Three Pigs and a Gingerbread Man (Tadpoles: Fairytale Jumbles)
The Gingerbread Kid Goes to School (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2)
The Library Gingerbread Man

 

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About Amanda Boyarshinov

K - 12 masters reading teacher, author and mom to 3. Amanda is a National Board Certified teacher with oodles of experience in early childhood education.

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