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The gingerbread man loose in the school (edition 2011)

by Laura Murray, Mike Lowery (Illustrator)

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Title:	The gingerbread man loose in the school
Authors:	Laura Murray
Other authors:	Mike Lowery (Illustrator)
Info:	New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2011.
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Tags:	back to school, gingerbread men, holidays, scavenger hunt, PreK-2nd grade, picture book, fantasy

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The children make a gingerbread boy but leave him behind when they go to recess. He searches the school for them and stops at many different locations to see where they might have gone.

Children will love the design and artwork, and as a teacher you could study the art and design in this book with your students to see how the author made the book appealing to her audience. (

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beckytillett | Jun 8, 2013 |

The Gingerbread Man starts by describing how he was made...and then how he was left by the students who made him! As he travels through the school to find his class, he stops in at the gym, nurse, art room, and principal's office.

Cute story, and a different take on the classic running away gingerbread. There is still a chanting rhyme, and he meets many characters along the way so it would provide an interesting compare/contrast with the classic tale. (

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agrudzien | Apr 14, 2013 |

Fun twist on a familiar story. (

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Sullywriter | Apr 3, 2013 |

The text and pictures are both the strength of this book as it takes the reader through a school and introduces different teachers and facets of the school. The reader will follow the gingerbread man illustrations intently as they listen to the text.This would be a great read aloud on the first day of school

darleenanderson | Mar 27, 2013 |

A fun twist to an old favorite as a class makes their own gingerbread man at school one day. They then go out to recess leaving him inside the classroom. He comes to life and jumps off of the baking sheet trying to find his missing class. He races through the school and finds the art teacher, the gym teacher, the nurse, and the principal but never his class. He soon finds that his class has put up posters searching for him and eventually finding him.

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A gingerbread man searches all over the school for the group of children that made him and then left him behind.

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When a class leaves for recess, their just-baked Gingerbread Man is left behind. But he's a smart cookie and heads out to find them. He'll run, slide, skip, and (after a mishap with a soccer ball) limp as fast as he can because: "I can catch them! I'm their Gingerbread Man!"

With help from the gym teacher, the nurse, the art teacher and even the principal, a deliciously sweet ending is served up for both the Gingerbread Man and the children who made him.

Teachers often use the Gingerbread Man story to introduce new students to the geography and staff of schools, and this fresh, funny twist on the original can be used all year long. Includes a poster with fun activities!

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A gingerbread man searches all over the school for the group of children that made him and then left him behind.

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