The childrens book I read was
Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett. Anything by Jan Brett is worth reading, not only
for the story but for the amazing art. The story is about a little boy that
makes gingerbread with his mother. The recipe has very specific instructions
but the boy just cant seem to follow them. He loses patience and opened the
oven too soon, releasing a baby gingerbread. This begins the wild chase for the
gingerbread. The entire village ends up getting involved. The boy thinks of a
clever way to catch the baby. He goes back to the cabin and bakes up a
gingerbread house (following instructions this time), lures the baby into it,
and catches him without anyone else knowing what happened.
Characters: Boy, Mother, Father,
Gingerbread baby, tons of town animals including horses, pigs, and dogs, two
young girls, and a milk and cheese man.
Setting: This story began in the
cabin, then goes through a village, the woods, and all ends up back in the
cabin.
There were no monsters used, or
creatures really, unless you consider gingerbread a creature.
The lesson to this story could be
that you should always follow the directions that youre told because they
prevent complications. Also, always be patient because good things take time.
The art in this book was
extraordinarily beautiful. It was so detailed. They were not actual pictures,
more like paintings.
Animals were somewhat used as
characters, they played a large part in the chase.
Both children and adults were used
as characters in this story.
No rhyme was used during this.
“Catch me if you can” was a line
repeated frequently throughout the story for obvious reasons. The baby was
confident that he could not be caught.
Any age could read this because it’s
a simple read but also can have a deeper meaning for those that are older and
can find the lesson behind it.
A world full of new
realities
