Gingerbread Baby - Jan Brett

When the oven door is opened too soon, out jumps a cheeky little Gingerbread Baby, who then leads a colorful cast of characters on a rollicking chase through the village and into the forest, staying just out of reach, daring them to catch him, all along the way! Full color. \nJan Brett's Gingerbread Baby is not about to get eaten in this delicious twist on a favorite Christmastime tale! \n \n \nIt all begins when Matti opens the oven too soon and out jumps a cheeky little Gingerbread Bay. He leads Matti's mother and father, the dog and the cat, and a whole colorful cast of characters on a rollicking chase through the village and into the forest, staying just out of reach, daring them to catch him along the way.\n \nBut Matti's not with them. He's at home in the borders making what turns out to be a gingerbread house into which the Gingerbread Baby runs. Only Matti knows he is safely inside. And readers will too when they look under the lift-the-flap gingerbread house at the end of the story, and there he is!\n