Have you ever mixed gingerbread dough? And smelled the cookies baking? In Catch that Cookie! Hallie Durand (Dessert First) delivers an inspired interpretation of the classic tale about the runaway cookie.
It's modern times. A classroom in December. Marshall's classmates have read many versions of the Gingerbread Man. Marshall makes it clear that he believes the cookies "can't run for real." His class makes the dough and sets the timer. Mrs. Gray locks the oven. But when the timer dings, and Mrs. Gray opens the oven door--the cookies are GONE! The class sets off on a scavenger hunt, led by rhyming notes left by "the G-men." Solving clues, the students race through the school hoping to catch those cookies. This book is romping fun, as well as a celebration of imagination. Caldecott Medalist David Small's (So You Want to Be President?) playful, pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations summon all the energy of the hunt and deliver a sweet parting shot. --Mollie Welsh Kruger, graduate faculty, Bank Street College of Education