Students make a gingerbread man that gets lost in the school. He can't find his way back to the classroom by exploring the school and who is in the building. Students search for their friend.

Located in Fantasy bin

Primary
The Gingerbread goes on an adventure through the school to find his class.

A good book for a laugh, not an especially deep story but fun.

In the story, the class creates a gingerbread man who gets left behind while the students leave the classroom. The gingerbread man then goes on an adventure to look for the class. In the end, they only left him behind so he could cool off. I would recommend this book for children to read because it is engaging to read about the experiences the gingerbread man has. This would be a fun read aloud for 2nd to 4th graders. ( )

The Gingerbread Man began in a bowl as many different ingredients pulled from a shelf by children who measured and mixed. The children rolled and molded him to look like a man then out him in the oven to heat. Finally, he became the Gingerbread Man. Suddenly, the children left for recess, leaving him behind begging to go with them. As he chased after them, he got rolled over by a volleyball that carried him away, and into the gymnasium. The Gingerbread man asks the coach for help finding his class, when he informs him they just passed the gymnasium a while ago. The coach notices his leg has come off and advises him to see the school nurse for help. Upon his arrival, the nurse puts a bandage on his foot which helps it stick onto his leg. The Gingerbread man asks the nurse for help in finding his class, but she tells him to find the art teacher who may have more information. The Gingerbread Man slides down the handrail to get there faster, but accidentally ends up in somebody’s lunch box. Luckily, it is the art teachers lunch box, who tells him to find the principal who may be more helpful. The principal is surprised to see the Gingerbread Man in her office and informs him that his class has been looking for him! They left him to cool and were saddened to find he was missing when they got back, they were even putting up posters of him through the school. The Gingerbread Man jumped into the principals hand and asked her to show him the way. When he finally arrived to his classroom, the children were delighted to see him again. They told him how much they missed him and showed him the gingerbread desk, chair, and house they made just for him. The children tell them he is part of their class now, and next time they go out they will take him along. Finally, the Gingerbread Man is happy to be back with his class and says he knew he would be able to find them! ( )

Every year I do a gingerbread compare and contrast chart. This would be a great one to add to the mix.