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The Gingerbread House

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Overall, I felt this book was disappointing. The cover is spectacular so the interior artwork was quite the letdown. It mostly seemed like a jumble of clipart that had been thrown together. The text was mostly successful, but the rhyming scheme at times lacked flow. My toddler was completely unimpressed.

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I thought this will be a regular fairy tales book about a gingerbread house, but nope, I was wrong. With rhymes infused modern fairy tale, this will surely lightened up your Christmas. You don't really need to go out to celebrate winter this year, but stay at home with gingerbread, inspired by this book!

A truly entertaining story about a gingerbread man who needs a house and what so ever.

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In 1875 The Gingerbread Man folk tale was first told, since then the story has been passed down from generation to generation. The Gingerbread House is like an up-to-date sequel to that tale, perfect for children today.

So how do you catch the Gingerbread Man? With a Gingerbread House, maybe!

In this rhyming and beautifully illustrated young children’s picture book, we follow the Gingerbread Man as he lets us know what will keep him from running away. He wants a house to live in but it must have sweets, oh and maybe a car too.

The plot is a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it, I’m confident little children will love it too. It certainly brought the Gingerbread Man into the twenty-first century with his moonwalking and hop-hop dancing.

I can see this being a book wanted over and over again at bedtime. Ms. West has done a fabulous job carrying on the years-old tale and if you love the original I suggest you give this one a read too.

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This story just wasn't right for me. The cover is absolutely stunning and wish that this style of illustration was carried through the entire book. Some illustrations feel as if they are rushed or unfinished. While there was cute parts of the story, the storyline didn't seem to flow as well as I would hope for a childrens book and there were some parts I had to explain to my kids as they were confused.

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This is a cute book with some wonderful, vibrant illustrations. I think the little ones ages 4 and up would enjoy the rhyming and the antics that the gingerbread man comes up with.

I do like the houses etc that are shown, they are cute and I would like to try my hand at one some day.

The only thing I don't like is the message that maybe "the gingerbread man would stay around if you just built the right house". The younger kids might think that this could really be true? That's my only problem with the book.

I can recommend this for a fun, original and brightly illustrated Christmas book for children ages 4 and up.

I received an ARC of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.

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This was such a cute little read about a gingerbread man. I really enjoyed it and my boys who are 2 and 3 enjoyed it as well. I loved the art work and how colorful it was. It's definitely a great read for the winter season and especially for Christmas, I would love to read it before making a gingerbread house or even after making one it would be perfect and maybe even a perfect tradition. I would definitely recommend this adorable little story to teachers, librarians and of course adults with young children. Thank you so much to the publisher and also to netgalley for sending me a free e arc for my honest review!

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The cover and gorgeous illustrations really draw you in. A fun quick bedtime story or story to share with the kids while baking cookies. The rhyming makes it easy for younger children to follow along and the illustrations are beautiful. Definitely a book to reach for during the holiday season and would give some great ideas for gingerbread house decorating.

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Absolutely adorable book for this holiday season about baking gingerbread men & houses. It will definitely make your little one squeal with delight!

*Thanks to Victory Editing and NetGalley for this Ebook in exchange for my honest review

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The Gingerbread House is what I think you would get if you mixed the original Gingerbread Man story and Elf on the Shelf. It is about how if you make a gingerbread house for the Gingerbread Man, he will leave you a present on Christmas Day.

The story is cute, the art is also cute at times but sometimes just looks all photoshopped together, I think it could be better but it's not horrible. The rhyming is sometimes a little off as some other reviewers stated, but I don't think toddlers will necessarily notice. I think it will make a good Christmas read to do with little ones before you build a gingerbread house or bake gingerbread men (or both).

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I was so intrigued by the cover that I just had to get this with my 4 children in mind. The illustrations are exactly what you need during this holiday season. My kids and I enjoyed every minute, every page of this book and I can’t wait to get my hands on the physical copy to gift them for Christmas.

Thank you so much for the arc, netgalley. It’s perfect for my kids.

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A beautiful sweet book with fabulous illustrations! Every holiday season, gingerbread men are looking for a lovely gingerbread house to stay in. This book encourages children to build an enticing house for them, otherwise they may not stay. This book provides the impetus to start a new holiday tradition of building a gingerbread house that’s beautifully decorated in order to encourage the gingerbread man to stay. We loved it!

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If you're ready to begin a gingerbread construction, wait! First read this delightful holiday book! It is a perfect introduction to making a seasonal gingerbread house, truck, boat, or whatever! The pictures seem to dance on the page - rich in detail and color and so lifelike! The story rings poetically and is very captivating! This story belongs in the home of children everywhere and hopefully wherever there are gingerbread cookies, too!

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Very funny and sweet! It was the first book to read to my baby in my stomach. and we really enjoyed!

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Thank you to next gallery for an arc of this book go an honest review. Cute Christmas book based on keeping the gingerbread man in your house by building him a gingerbread house. My three-year-old loved that the book rhymed, and as soon as we finished she wanted to read it again. Very nice illustrations especially the cover. My three year old kept flipping through the pages on my iPad looking at the illustrations and asking me about what I saw in the picture. The book did a good job kept it my youngster engage, and for that it is easily worth five stars. Overall solid Christmas book geared towards children.

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In general great Xmas spirit, funny rhymes, I only found it difficult with some first capital letter to guess what they are.

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Oh my goodness! I absolutely adored this book! The illustrations were perfect! My kids enjoyed it as well.

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I was really unimpressed by this book. The art style was inconsistent. Some pages looks like clip art while others look like illustration....some pages even had some perspective issues. The storyline was rather dull. All in all, for me, this did not emit any magic for the season.

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This was an interesting and cute little story. The pictures were nicely made, the letter T was a little difficult to tell from an L as an uppercase because of the font otherwise it went smoothly.
This is something that little kids can just look at the words for letter/word recognition and pictures for enjoyment.

I read this to my kids and it is a pretty quick read, they enjoyed and said they'd like to get the book when it comes out.

I would definitely recommend this one!

Thank you Netgalley, Anne Victory and the publisher for the eARC!

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This book is perfect for those ages 7-9. If you are looking for a Christmas book for your children to start reading now this is the book for that! I get you all ready for the holiday and gives you all of the warm fuzzy feelings! After I read this I had my son read through it too and he loved it! This is a perfect book to read to your children too if they are still too young to read!

Thank you #netgalley and #victoryediting

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A cute story for kids about gingerbread men coming alive with superb illustrations. I especially enjoyed their dance moves! A must read for kids during the holidays!

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