The Gingerbread Girl
Lisa Campbell Ernst
Hardcover
(Dutton Juvenile, Sept. 21, 2006)
After their first gingerbread disaster, the lonely old woman and the lonely old man gather their courage to bake again. They decide to make a girl this time, figuring she will be too sweet to leave home. But when they open the oven, itÂ’s all too familiar: "IÂ’ll run and IÂ’ll run/With a leap and a twirl./You canÂ’t catch me,/IÂ’m the Gingerbread GIRL!" You see, this smart cookie overheard the old woman and man talking about that dastardly fox, and she has a plan. Will it work? LetÂ’s just say that the ending is sweet for everyone.
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