My boys have tons of gingerbread men books. They are always such fun reads and we follow up the series with making gingerbread man cookies and ornaments. So not only do they enjoy the books, but the super fun crafting products that always follow.
This year, we’re super excited to add Tough Cookie to our 25 Days of Books line-up. It’s not only a fun book, but delivers an awesome message to kids.
When this gingerbread man was baked, someone forgot to put in the ginger. He’s made of eggs and cinnamon and flour and butter and sugar, but he’s missing a key ingredient! Without ginger, the gingerbread man feels like he’s not really a gingerbread man at all! He can’t be sold in the bakery, so he lives at the back of the store. And there he causes all kinds of trouble.
This gingerbread man eats the baker’s decorating candy. He throws sprinkles across the counter and squirts frosting on the walls. It’s not long before the baker has had enough of the gingerbread man’s mischief and orders him to leave. The gingerbread man realizes he’ll have to change his ways, and the baker decides to help. He teaches the gingerbread man that his ingredients don’t make him who he is—it’s his character that defines him. So the gingerbread man begins to help the baker decorate the other gingerbread men and women. He helps prepare them and makes sure they find their way on their journey from the oven to the bakery shelf. And he always makes sure to add the ginger.
Our Thoughts:
My boys love gingerbread cookies so I had a feeling that they would love this book! We used it as part of our 25 days of books and this was the 2nd book that has been opened. Not only does it have adorable illustrations full of detail,but it’s written to teach children a very good lesson on how they should treat others.
