Gingerbread Storytime

Toddler Read Alouds
Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone
Gingerbread Man by Catherine McCafferty
Maisy Makes Gingerbread by Lucy Cousins

Preschool Read Alouds
Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires
Gingerbread Boy by Richard Egielski
Gingerbread Mouse by Katy Bratun
Mr. Cookie Baker by Monica Wellington

Kindergarten Read Alouds
Burger Boy by Alan Durant
Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Gingerbread Man by Eric A. Kimmel
Bad Boys Get Cookie! by Margie Palatini
Queen Who Couldn’t Make Gingerbread by Dorothy Van Woerkom

Multicultural Versions of Gingerbread Boy
Cajun Gingerbread Boy by Berthe Amoss
Matzo Ball Boy by Lisa Shulman
Matzah Man by Naomi Howland
Musubi Man: Hawaii's Gingerbread Boy by Sandi Takayama
Runaway Dreidel by Leslea Newman
Runaway Latkes by Leslie Kimmelman
Runaway Rice Cake by Ying Change Compestine
Runaway Tortilla by Eric A. Kimmel
Stop That Pickle! by Peter Armour

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Gingerbread Countdown
Five little gingerbread men on the tray
One jumped up and ran away.
Catch me, oh catch me, oh catch me if you can!
I’m pretty fast, I am the gingerbread man!

Continue to zero….
No little gingerbread men on the tray
I will have to bake more on another day!

Where is my gingerbread man?
(Tune of: “Oh where has my little dog gone?")
Oh where, oh where is my Gingerbread Man?
Oh where, oh where can he be?
He popped out of the oven and ran out the door.
Oh where, oh where can he be?

Mix and Stir
Mix and stir and pat in a pan,
I'm going to make a gingerbread man.
With a nose so neat,
And a smile so sweet,
And gingerbread shoes on his gingerbread feet.

Make Cookies
I am making cookie dough
Round and round the beaters go spiral motion
Add some flour from a cup pretend to pour
Stir and stir the batter up pretend to stir

Roll them, cut them, nice and neat
Put them on a cookie sheet
Bake them, count them: 1-2-3
Serve them to your friends for tea