The Gingerbread Boy
"Run run run as fast as you can. You can't catch me! I'm the gingerbread man."In this modern retelling of a nursery classic, Caldecott-winning illustrator Richard Egielski adds an urban twist to a well-loved tale. This time, the gingerbread boy is on the loose in New York City, and he taunts...
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"Run run run as fast as you can. You can't catch me! I'm the gingerbread man."In this modern retelling of a nursery classic, Caldecott-winning illustrator Richard Egielski adds an urban twist to a well-loved tale. This time, the gingerbread boy is on the loose in New York City, and he taunts everyone from construction workers to subway musicians, until his fateful chase through Central Park!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780064437080 (0064437086)
ASIN: 64437086
Publish date: August 22nd 2000
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
This is a really eye catching updated/urban version of familiar story. This version has the cookie boy being baked in a New York apartment and running all about town meeting rats, construction workers, subway musicians and mounted policemen. The text is a bit simplified with less of the cumulative ...