The
Monarch
Award:
Illinois'
K-3
Children's Choice Award
2010
Master List
Sponsored by
the
Illinois
School Library Media Association
2010 Nominee: The Gingerbread GirlThis is a tasty tale about a wittier, younger sibling. She followed in the foot steps of her older brother until she turned the tables of events. A very sweet and playful little cookie!
Author/Illustrator: Lisa Campbell Ernst
Book
Activities
- Discussion questions: Do you know the story of the gingerbread boy? Retell it. Do you know what a fractured folk tale is? Do you like it when authors change a familiar story?
- Reading: Read other versions of the Gingerbread boy, baby, etc. Compare story line and illustrations. Join in on the chorus when reading. Discuss what a "version" is.
- Writing: Write the story from the old man and old woman’s or the fox’s point of view.
- Social Studies: What is a folk tale? Where did folk tales come from? Why are folk tales in the nonfiction section of the library?
- Science: Research Spices. Where are they grown? What is your favorite.
- Math: Count the candies on the gingerbread girl.
- Cooking/Snacks: Make gingerbread, eat gingersnaps, compare several recipes for gingerbread cookies.
- Art/Drama: Make construction paper gingerbread people and decorate. Make necklaces from various candies.
- Technology integration: Use Kid Pix to draw a "person" and decorate with stamps and stickers.
- Compare: To other versions of the Gingerbread tale. (See below)
Related Books
- By Lisa Campbell Ernst:
- Zinnia and Dot
- Stella Louella's Runaway Book
- Sylvia Jean, Drama Queen
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Goldilocks Returns
- Related books:
- Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
- The Runaway Tortilla by Eric Kimmel
- The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth
- The Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires
- Cajun Gingerbread Boy by Berthe Amoss
- Gingerbread Boy by Richard Egeilski
Websites
2010 Nominee Resources