Gingerbread

If I could rewrite "The Night Before Christmas", I would change it from visions of sugarplums to visions of gingerbread!  At the beginning of December I made large gingerbread people so each child could have one to cut out and "decorate" with tempera paint.  I would have several other gingerbread projects throughout the month, culminating with decorating gingerbread people cookies for the holiday party on the last day before winter break.
There are many gingerbread books that I enjoy sharing with children!  It is fun to read several versions of the story and find things that are the same and different in the various books.
THE GINGERBREAD BOY by Paul Galdone is a classic. To me this is the most authentic gingerbread story.
THE GINGERBREAD MAN by Jim Aylesworth and Barbara McClintock is similar.  There are different people and animals involved.
THE GINGERBREAD BABY by Jan Brett has beautiful pictures, along with hints about where the gingerbread baby is!
THE GINGERBREAD GIRL by Lisa Campbell Ernst has a girl as the main character.  She has many adventures!