Independent Reading Level: Grade K-3rd
Awards: None

After some time the old man and the old women decide it's time to make a gingerbread girl! Despite their hopes she runs away and runs past several characters while repeating her little tune “I’ll run and I’ll run with a leap and a twirl. You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Girl”. In the end she ends up outsmarting her older brother from the Gingerbread Man and outsmarts that sneaky fox! ( )

The Gingerbread Girl was the smartest of the Gingerbread. She knew of her brother's terrible incident with the fox, so she did something different. She lassoed the fox's mouth shut and rode him across the lake and back to her house. Gingerbread Girl baked the town some gingerbread, so they wouldn't eat her. She also trained the fox and rode him around town. ( )

This book follows the famous story of the gingerbread man that ran away from the couple who made them. Now in this story it is a gingerbread girl being made. Although the couple was hoping she wouldn't, the gingerbread girl ran away and caused mischief! It is a cute story that shows how the classic story doesn't need to be told about just one gender of gingerbread. It also creates a fun ride for the reader where they feel like they are right along with her! The words are written along paths or in fun curved righting along with actions. The words show that they are a part of the art, not separate from it. I think a child would love the drawings alone, but its a good easy read for slightly above beginners. Teachers and parents would love to read this book and create games or arts and crafts from it!

the Gingerbread girl is a fun twist on the gingerbread man story. it is a pretty good story, but you have to be careful because it portrays girls as smarter than boys. Good for first grade and up.