"The Gingerbread Man" by Sandra Evans tells the classic tale of a gingerbread cookie that magically comes to life and escapes from the oven. As he runs away, he encounters various characters, including a farmer, a cow, and a fox, all eager to catch him. With his catchy refrain, “Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man!” he eludes their attempts at capturing him. However, the clever fox ultimately comes up with a plan to outsmart the gingerbread man. The story is a delightful mix of adventure, excitement, and a lesson about trust. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].
There are 20 pages in this book. This book was published in 2012 by The Puppet Company Ltd .
Sandra Evans drew inspiration for This Is Not a Werewolf Story from cultural sources, including the "sympathetic werewolf" stories of twelfth-century France and Celtic myths. She wrote the novel for (and with input from) her son. Sandra is a native of Whidbey Island and earned her doctorate in French literature from the University of Washington. This Is Not a Werewolf Story is her first book for children.
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, you’ll never catch me I’m 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!
