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The Gingerbread Man: a free printable book

Print The Gingerbread Man as a little book to cut and staple, or as one page to read together. Every page has its picture, and the words are the ones in the story. Free, with no sign-up.

When your child gets stuck on a word

  1. Look for parts you know.
  2. Sound it out: say each sound, left to right, then say the word fast.
  3. Check it. Is it a real word? Does it make sense? Then check the picture.

If it is a word that cannot be sounded out, like the or said, just tell them the word and have them say it, then reread the sentence.

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Print on 2 sheets of paper turned sideways (choose landscape in the print window). Cut along the dotted lines, put the little pages in order by their numbers, and staple them on the left.

The Gingerbread ManMy name: ____________A free Peabody book
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A little old woman made a gingerbread man.

He had candy eyes and a big smile.

2

She opened the oven. Out he jumped!

"Run, run, as fast as you can!"

3

"You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!"

The old woman ran. The old man ran.

4

But the Gingerbread Man was too fast!

He ran past a cow. "Stop!" mooed the cow.

5

He ran past a horse. "Stop!" said the horse.

"Run, run, as fast as you can!"

6

"You can't catch me!" Off he ran.

Then he came to a river. He could not swim!

7

A fox sat there. He had a sly smile.

"Hop on my tail," said the fox. "I can swim."

8

So he hopped on. Off went the fox.

"You will get wet. Hop on my back."

9

"Still wet! Hop on my nose."

The fox opened his mouth very wide.

10

Snap! But the Gingerbread Man was too fast!

He jumped off, onto the bank.

11

"That fox was not my friend!" he said.

He ran all the way home.

12

And he never hopped on a fox again.

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