Gingerbread Girl, The by Lisa Campbell Ernst; Illustrated by Lisa Campbell Ernst
	List Price:   $16.99 Unit Price:   $13.59 You Save:   $3.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0525476679 ISBN-13:   9780525476672 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Category:   Folklore/Fairy Tales Pub. Date:   October 2006 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover; With dust jacket Ages:   4 to 8 Grades:   ps to 3
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
Like her older brother, the Gingerbread Boy, who was eventually devoured by a fox, the Gingerbread Girl eludes the many people who would like to eat her but also has a plan to escape her sibling's fate. After their first gingerbread disaster, the lonely old woman and the lonely old man gather their courage to bake again. They decide to make a girl this time, figuring she will be too sweet to leave home. But when they open the oven, it's all too familiar: 'I'll run and I'll run/With a leap and a twirl./You can't catch me,/I'm the Gingerbread GIRL! ' You see, this smart cookie overheard the old woman and man talking about that dastardly fox, and she has a plan. Will it work? Let's just say that the ending is sweet for everyone. The lonely old woman and the lonely old man decide to bake a girlthis time, but when they open the oven, she runs off like her brother did. Never fear, this smart cookie has a plan to outfox the fox. Will it work? Let?s just say that the ending is sweet for everyone. ?Ernst?s familiar art, here placed against gingham-check backgrounds, utilizes the oversize format to best advantage, with large characters leaping out of their frames. On the cover, the candy-studded Gingerbread Girl with licorice-whip hair stares boldly out at readers. Kids won?t be able to resist following her inside.??Booklist The ending is sweet in this story of the Gingerbread Boy's younger sister when she tries to outwit the fox. Full color.