Jan Brett's highly original version of the Gingerbread Boy story has quickly become a family classic. Now, the charming tale of Matti's clever trap for the runaway Gingerbread Baby is available as a beautiful board book for younger readers. And it still features a surprise lift-the-flap gingerbread house at the end!

Gingerbread Baby

A gingerbread baby leaves the comfort of his home at the North Pole in search of a family of his very own. The gingerbread baby encounters many dangers along the way including coming face-to-face with a hungry cat who tries to pounce on the gingerbread baby. Will the gingerbread baby find his way home, and will he ever have a family of his own?

The Gingerbread Baby in Search of a Family

The toll exacted by the widespread carnage of World War I is examined on a human scale in the moving novella The Worn Doorstep. It recounts the wartime travails of a young American woman whose English beau was one of the early casualties of the conflict. She retreats to the cottage of some family friends and sets about contemplating how best to serve others who have faced similarly devastating losses.

The Worn Doorstep

Highlights baby books, preschool and picture books, poetry and anthologies, early readers, fiction, special needs, award winners, and titles appropriate for toddlers. A section on how to use the internet to look for children's books is also included.

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