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“I've run away from a little old woman, I've run away from a little old man, I've run away from a cow, And I can run away from you, I can.“

The overall message of this fairy tale is you can never be too sure who to trust. In the end, the fox pretends to want to save the gingerbread boy who takes him up on the offer, but at last, the fox ends up eating the gingerbread boy. I think students would really enjoy this fairy tale.

“The Gingerbread Boy“ is a classic fairy tale and tells the story of a little old woman who made a gingerbread boy and when she went to take him out of the oven he ran away. He ran away from a cow, a horse, mowers, etc. but alas he could not outrun a fox. It is a cumulative tale because there is little plot but a lot of rhythm and repetition.

“Run run run catch me if you can you can‘t catch me I‘m the gingerbread boy I am I am”

This story was very entertaining and had a pattern of repetition. Each person that he encountered was listed off and he would outrun every person as well, until the fox came around.

This story is about an old woman who made a gingerbread boy. While he was baking he hopped out of the oven and ran away. He got chased by a cow, horse, mowers, and more. The fox he encounters helps him cross the river. The fox tricks the gingerbread boy and eats him.

This is a classic quote that is usually incorporated in all of the retellings of this story!

I like how the book goes through all the people and animals who chased him it provides good closure!

This is another retail of the gingerbread boy. Classic children‘s literature, the repetition of the song he sings is something very appealing to children & how foxes are portrayed as sneaky creates excitement within the children!

And I can run away from you, I can! I can!

…while the fox had a good long nap.

The gingerbread boy, published in 2019 was a very cute read. The illustrations looked hand drawn and made it more enjoyable to follow along in the story. It‘s the perfect read to keep students engaged while teaching fairytales.

This book had a lot of the tell tale signs of a folktale, repetition, quick introduction, and quick resolution. The lively illustrations keep you wanting to see what happens next.

Traditional. The Gingerbread boy by Paul Galdone is a telling of the classic story about a gingerbread man on the run from many hungry chasers until he comes upon someone more clever than him. This story has a lot of repetition and it also concludes very quickly after the climax which are both common of folktales.

How are your schools preserving the gingerbread tradition this year? We are remote. So we are presenting it online.

“Run! Run! Run! Catch me if you can! You can‘t catch me! I‘m the Gingerbread Boy, I am! I am!”

Really cute classic traditional literature with cute pictures

Published in 1975 The gingerbread boy is a fun classic tale for everyone. I think it is a little sad how the gingerbread boy dies and I don't know how I feel about reading that to kids, I feel like that might be upsetting for them. But he is also a cookie.

“run, run, run, catch me if you can!” a repetitive line that could be from the original gingerbread man story too

The fox ending up getting the gingerbread man was sad for me. I was rooting for him. But—in a way it still had a happy ending. The fox was satisfied, and could now take a nice nap :)

This story is a version of the gingerbread man. An elder couple are sad about not having their own little boy or girl. So, the little old woman decides to make a ginger boy, to have their own little boy. The gingerbread boy gets loose, however, and runs away form everyone. As he does, the story repeats everyone he‘s previously ran from, so it has good repetition happening.

Super cute for the classroom! I think my students would enjoy the small catchy phrases and be able to participate as I read!

“Run! Run! Run! Catch me if you can!”

The Gingerbread Boy was written by Paul Galdone and published in 1975. The book uses repetition and small catchy songs that would be appealing to the kids! An old couple bakes a gingerbread boy and then he runs and runs away from everyone!

“He was all gone!”

The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone was written in 1975. I have heard of the story before but never actually read this book. The ending really suprised me. I definetly did not think it was going to end the way it did! Although the ending was a little sad i really like this book!

This would be a good story to have in my classroom. Many of the child may of heard the story but never read the book.

The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone, 1975. I have never read the story of the gingerbread boy. I have heard it told to me and I knew of it. This was the first time I read through the the whole story and saw what happened to the gingerbread boy. I was shocked that the gingerbread boy trusted the fox to carry him across the river. I liked the repetition of the women, man, and animals all trying to eat him.

“‘Oh my!‘ Said the little old woman at last, sniffing the air. ‘The Gingerbread Boy is burning!”

This book was so cute and so classic. It makes me happy to read this. I remember making a gingerbread boy in kindergarten after reading this book.

The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone is a piece of classic literature. It was written in 1975. This is the classic story of the gingerbread boy. When I was younger I always thought of it as the gingerbread man. This book is very repetitious with the gingerbread boy saying how he can outrun everyone. I thought it was clever how the foxes tricked him, but It made me sad because the gingerbread boy was so cute!

A fun, interesting classic story of the gingerbread boy escaping being eaten by nearly everybody! Really fun rhyming

The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone (traditional lit, published 1975) was really good and a book I want in my library. It was a regular version of the story but I found the illustrations really interesting and the story itself is so good!

“Run! Run! Run! Catch me if you can! You can‘t catch me! I‘m the Gingerbread Boy, I am! I am!”

This book has simple illustrations. It would be interesting to read it along with other versions to see how they are different.

This story is a classic, although I didn‘t remember it ending that way. There are multiple versions of the Gingerbread Man, but most of them end up with him being caught in his house.

“The water grows deeper still. Jump up on my nose! Jump up on my nose!”

The gingerbread boy says repetitive things which makes it fun and easy for kids to read along.

I thought this book was entertaining to read. I haven‘t ever read a version like this one before. The plot was simple and direct.

“... while the fox had a good nap”