Childrens Book

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.