Gingerbread Baby -- Jan Brett

<b>Jan Brett's Gingerbread Baby is not about to get eaten in this delicious twist on a favorite Christmastime tale </b><p> </p><p>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.</p><p>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 </p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Jan Brett<br><b>Publisher:</b> G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers<br><b>Published:</b> 10/04/1999<br><b>Pages:</b> 33<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.02lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.31h x 11.34w x 0.42d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780399234446<br><b>Audience:</b> Ages 4-8<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 3.5<br><b>Point Value:</b> 0.5<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Lower Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>34613 / Gingerbread Baby<br><br><b>Award:</b> Buckaroo Book Award - Nominee<br><b>Award:</b> Bookseller's Choice - Winner<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 09/20/1999 pg. 88<br><i>Ingram Advance</i> 10/01/1999 pg. 26<br><i>Kirkus Review - Children</i>