I like that The Gingerbread Girl and The Gingerbread Girl Goes Animal Crackers by Lisa Campbell Ernst feature a female lead. Also, check out Gingerbread Friends and Gingerbread Christmas by Brett. Readers will discover under the lift the flap on the last page that the baby makes it’s way back to the house. Little Matti stays at home during the chase and constructs a gingerbread house. In this twist of the classic, The Gingerbread Man, a little gingerbread baby escapes from the oven and leads the family on a chase through the town.

The Gingerbread Baby is one of my favorites out of them. Jan Brett has so many wonderful gingerbread books that are perfect for the winter season.

This version takes place in NYC and the gingerbread boy passes construction workers and even hits the subway. The Gingerbread Boy by Richard Egielski if one of my favorites. Gingerbread Man, Boy, Girl, Baby and More Variations Reading all these tales will inspire you to try our gingerbread man letter cookies too. It includes a sing-along cd.īilingual Fairy Tales Gingerbread Man: El Hombre de Pan de Jengibre(English and Spanish Edition) is perfect for bilingual audiences. If you need an inexpensive version of the story, this one is the ticket.įor your youngest listeners, The Gingerbread Man by Catherine McCafferty is a perfect pick.Īnother good pick for young ears is The Gingerbread Man: A Favorite Story in Rhythm and Rhyme by Susan Sandvig Walker. The Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmidt is the Scholastic version that you will find in lots of classrooms. Galdone is a detailed and beloved illustrator and if you want the classic feel, this is the version for you.įor a more modern feel to the illustrations, try The Gingerbread Man by Gail Yerrill. The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone will give you that old-fashioned feel to the tale.

Gingerbread Man Books (Traditional Picks)įull Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links.Įnjoy reading the traditional tale by different illustrators with slight differences to setting or characters in these stories. They are perfect for comparing and contrasting. Read different tellings of the original story and then try some of the fun variations. Run, run, as fast as you can to the library to grab these super fun read-alouds of the Gingerbread Man books for kids.

The Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires