The Gingerbread Monster
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
"A perfect blend of spooky and sweet! A great read-aloud experience for both kids and grown-ups alike." ―Pete Oswald, #1 New York Times–bestselling illustrator of The Good Egg and The Bad Seed
For fans of The Nightmare Before Christmas, #1 New York Times–bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart's spooky picture book is about a Gingerbread Man creation come to life with a fright—yet even monsters long for a friend. Perfect for fans of Creepy Carrots!, The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School, and Tim Burton.
Includes a recipe at the end to bake your own Gingerbread Monster!
In his laboratory high on the hill, Frank N. Stine has a ferocious sweet tooth that snarls to be fed. But when an eerie experiment spills into his Gingerbread batter, a frightening cookie creation comes to life! The Gingerbread Monster is hulking, horrific . . . and hungry. But as Frank is chased by his creepy creation, the young baker begins to wonder what the Monster truly craves. After all, there’s no sweeter treat than friendship.
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Kid mad scientist Frank N. Stine craves a gingerbread person, but he's all out of mix. Improvising with unlikely ingredients that range from matzo balls to "old croissants gathering dust," he creates the eponymous confection—a hot mess of a cookie with a life of its own. The story's chase narrative inverts the classic nursery rhyme as Frankenbread pursues its creator, snarling variations on "Frrr Frrr Frrruh!" while Frank warns everyone, "Run, run, run, if you want to survive, this horrible Frankenbread Monster's alive!" But when Frank realizes that all the monster really wants is a friend, he saves the confection from a mob of villagers, and the duo become not only BFFs but lab partners, too—an arrangement that's anything but half-baked. Gemeinhart's rhyming text finds its monstrous match in Cuellar's electric-hued digital illustrations, which channel classic monster movie vibes alongside a gleeful, fluorescent grotesqueness that's reminiscent of the Garbage Pail Kids. The human protagonist is depicted with pale skin; background characters are portrayed with various skin tones. A recipe concludes. Ages 4–7.
