Miss Bun bakes a gingerbread man, who very suddenly jumps up and runs away! As he runs he meets all sorts of animals who join the chase to catch him. Will the fox help him to cross the river and escape?
The Gingerbread Man is part of the Lift-off First Words range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Lift-off First Words provides fiction and non-fiction for Lilac+ band that uses simple language to bridge the gap from wordless books to first sentences. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding.
Reading age 3-4.
This book features in the following series: Reading Planet Lift Off, Rising Stars Reading Planet .
This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.
There are 12 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Rising Stars UK Ltd .
Gill Budgell is a children s author whose books include the Penpals for Handwriting series. "
This book contains the following story:
The Gingerbread Man
A childess woman bakes herself a gingerbread boy but when she opens the oven he escapes out of the house and down the street. The old woman runs after him as he cries, Run, run as fast as you can, youll never catch me Im the Gingerbread Man. Several animals join the chase as the Gingerbread man looks good enough to eat, but none can catch him. Soon the Gingerbread Man comes to river which he cannot cross alone. A sly old fox offers to take him across and the Gingerbread Man climbs onto his tail, but as they cross the river the fox persuades him to jump onto his nose to avoid getting wet. Then the fox eats the Gingerbread Man all up. Yum!
This book is in the following series:
Rising Stars Reading Planet
Reading Planet Lift Off
Lift-off fully prepares young children for reading. 24 fiction and non-fiction books will develop essential early language skills through familiar early years topics, themes and stories. In Lift-off develop initial vocabulary and communication skills through 12 paired wordless books for Lilac. Young children will be encouraged to retell stories in their own words whilst learning the technical skills of handling and navigating a book. In Lift-off First Words very early readers will practise segmenting and blending Phase One and Two words in 12 paired first words books for Lilac+. This unique series bridges the gap between wordless books and first sentences through familiar stories that use very simple language.
