When Matti opens the oven door just a little too soon, out pops a sassy gingerbread baby instead of the anticipated gingerbread boy. Eluding all efforts to catch him, the mischievous baby is chased around the village and countryside until he's lured into a gingerbread house made just for him.
Award-winning illustrator Jan Brett's intricately detailed paintings, with their pretty decorative borders, are a perfect fit for the Swiss mountainside setting of this charming re-telling of a cozy old tale.When Matti opens the oven door just a little too soon, out pops a sassy gingerbread baby instead of the anticipated gingerbread boy. Eluding all efforts to catch him, the mischievous baby is chased around the village and countryside until he's lured into a gingerbread house made just for him.
Award-winning illustrator Jan Brett's intricately detailed paintings, with their pretty decorative borders, are a perfect fit for the Swiss mountainside setting of this charming re-telling of a cozy old tale.