Title: The Gingerbread Man

Author: Jim Aylesworth

Illustrator: Barbara McClintock

Copyright date: 1998

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Summary: An old man and his wife decide to bake a gingerbread man one day. To their surprise, when they open the oven, the gingerbread man is alive. He runs away from them, meets several other hungry characters along the way, and is finally caught and eaten by a sly fox.

Media for illustration: Watercolor, sepia ink, gouache

Perfect student: This book would be perfect for students who like silly sotires and it would also be a great story for the holiday season.

Common Core State Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. This book works well with this standard because it is a folktale. It could be used by students to study the characteristics of folktales, would be easily understood, and has clear messages that students could recount.