This is a great book to read for the winter holidays, about a young Gingerbread baby and its adventures to find some new friends. Gingerbread and Friends is a beautifully illustrated book with all the water color painting done by the author Jan Brett. The site http://www.janbrett.com/ is the Jan Brett author site and offers a plethora of activities to go with her many books. Jan's books are aimed the lower elementary level grades Pre-K to grade 3. The site has a large selection of videos to go with Jen Brett's many books. One of the many videos shows how Jan Brett creates the Gingerbread Baby in a step by step process so you and your class can make you own Gingerbread Baby.
Jan Brett's "The Mitten" and "Comet's Nine Lives" are two other great books she has written. The way she puts expression into the pictures and foreshadows future events is unique.
ReplyDeleteJan Brett's books are always so well illustrated and enticing to children and adults. The "gingerbread baby" activity looks very fun, and I think students would enjoy it. Great find, and thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteJan Brett's books are so much fun to read! The illustrations in them bring the books to life and definitely keeps the students focused on them! These activities look like a lot of fun! Thank you for sharing!
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