Ginger Bear

Ginger Bear by Mini Grey 2007

On the title page Horace stares into a pastry-shop window full of gingerbread boys, which prods him to form a gingerbread creation of his own. When his gingery bear is cooked, he practically salivates over it, but his Mum tells him to wait until later. When Ginger Bears awakens, he traipses into the kitchen to quench his loneliness by whipping up a big batch of cookie friends. He has many decorations on hand, and the way he adorns each cookie is strange and funny all at the same time. The Circus that ensues is so dramatic and riveting, that the cookies don’t see the uninvited guest enter the kitchen. The pieces left behind help Ginger Bear realize that it’s time to move on to a career that is safer, but no less dazzling.

Grey’s artwork is hilariously creative, and the details of each character (whether human, canine or pastry) will lodge themselves in your memory.

Appropriate for ages 4-8

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