Jan Brett's Gingerbread Baby is not about to get eaten in this delicious twist on a favorite Christmastime tale! It all begins when Matti opens the oven too soon and out jumps a cheeky little Gingerbread Bay. He leads Matti's mother and father, the dog and the cat, and a whole colorful cast of characters on a rollicking chase through the village and into the forest, staying just out of reach, daring them to catch him along the way. But Matti's not with them. He's at home in the borders making what turns out to be a gingerbread house into which the Gingerbread Baby runs. Only Matti knows he is safely inside. And readers will too when they look under the lift-the-flap gingerbread house at the end of the story, and there he is!

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

Since its publication a year ago, Jan Brett's Gingerbread Baby has become an immediate favorite and a runaway success. This delicious twist on a favorite old tale features a cheeky little Gingerbread Baby who leads an entire village on a rollicking chase, staying just out of reach the whole way. It is not until the boy who let the Gingerbread Baby loose builds a gingerbread house that the Baby finds a home.Now this Gingerbread Baby will find a home with children everywhere as a delightful plush toy. With all the charm of Jan Brett's art, he is approximately eight inches from head to toe; he's filled with all the candy-like decorations of the original; and he's made of soft, huggable plush. Perfect for playtime or for bedtime, the only thing this Baby will run off with is your heart.

This Gingerbread Baby is looking for friends and finds an adventure he'll never forget. The Gingerbread Baby is lonely and decides to do something about it. At a bakery, he dances and prances in front of a sugar cookie girl, trying to make friends. But she just stares and doesn?t say a word, like all the other sweet treats he tries to meet. Discouraged, the Gingerbread Baby runs home, chased by a long line of hungry creatures, where Mattie has a fantastic surprise for him--gingerbread friends that fill a giant fold-out page. Irresistible images inside the confectionery and outside in the snowy Swiss countryside will delight Jan Brett fans.

Gingerbread Friends

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

Jan Brett’s beloved character the Gingerbread Baby returns in a fun-filled Christmas caper! Gingerbread Baby and his friend, Matti, take his gingerbread band to the Christmas Festival where they are a hit! That is until the aroma of gingerbread reaches the children, making them hungry. That means it is time to run away. Clever Matti uses snow to disguise the gingerbread instruments while Gingerbread Baby leads the audience on a merry chase to the smartest hiding place ever--a giant Christmas tree.

Gingerbread Christmas

A little old couple takes care in making a gingerbread man. The old man opens the oven and the cookie runs away! Read this fairy tale to find out what happens!

Read Aloud Classics: The Gingerbread Man Big Book Shared Reading Book