![]() The teacher may decide to have the students take a big “cookie” home to decorate with their parents or it may be an individual project that takes place in the classroom. What would they look like if they were made of gingerbread. ![]() ![]() In addition, you may have the children create their own cut out gingerbread man or woman. You may choose to tell this story on a felt board through storytelling. In my classroom, I hope to read at least one or two gingerbread stories in the hopes that my students can create thell their own. Ironically, she is baking and mixing with the crowd and they watch her in awe. The best part of this story is that she manages to stay alive at the end of her story. The gingerbread girl successfully leaps past the horsemen, the artist, the cows, the dogs, the children and ties up the wolf. You can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread girl! I also think that in some ways this book is meant to capture the strength of a woman in all her glory. “I’ll run and I’ll run with a leap and a twirl. ![]() She uses one page to show what is happening in the text at that point of the book and the text page is illustrated with the characters that the Gingerbread Girl has already encountered and that are now chasing her. One of my favorite parts of this book is the repetition and the rhyming that takes place across the pages. K-4th Grade Lisa Campbell Ernst illustrates this sequel to the beloved Gingerbread Man story with soft and inviting pastel colors. The rendition of this story is fantastic. ![]()
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