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Gingerbread / by Oyeyemi, Helen,author.;
"The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, snow, bird and What is not yours is not yours returns with a bewitching and inventive novel. Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories -- equal parts wholesome and uncanny; from the tantalizing witch's house in Hansel and Gretel to the man-shaped confection who one day decides to run as fast as he can -- beloved novelist Helen Oyeyemi invites readers into a delightful tale of a surprising family legacy, in which the inheritance is a recipe. Perdita Lee may appear your average British schoolgirl; Harriet Lee may seem just a working mother trying to penetrate the school social hierarchy; but there are signs that they might not be as normal as they think they are. For one thing, they share a gold-painted, seventh-floor walk-up apartment with some surprisingly verbal vegetation. And then there's the gingerbread they make. Londoners may find themselves able to take or leave it, but it's very popular in Druhástrana, the far away (or, according to many sources, non-existent) land of Harriet Lee's early youth. The world's truest lover of the Lee family gingerbread, however, is Harriet's charismatic childhood friend Gretel -- a figure who seems to have had a hand in everything (good or bad) that has happened to Harriet since they met. Decades later, when teenaged Perdita sets out to find her mother's long lost friend, it prompts a new telling of Harriet's story. As the book follows the Lees through encounters with jealousy, ambition, family grudges, work, wealth, and real estate, gingerbread seems to be the one thing that reliably holds a constant value. Endlessly surprising and satisfying, written with Helen Oyeyemi's inimitable style and imagination, it is a true feast for the reader"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Fairy tales.; Hansel and Gretel (Tale); Gingerbread; Families;
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Gingerbread Danger [paperback]. by Flower, Amanda.;
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Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths;
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Gingerbread wonderland : 30 magical cookies, cakes & houses / by Sinclair, Mima,author.;
Subjects: Cookbooks.; Gingerbread.; Gingerbread houses.; Christmas cooking.;
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Gingerbread Christmas / by Brett, Jan,1949-;
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Subjects: Christmas stories.; Gingerbread men; Pop-up books;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Gingerbread friends / by Brett, Jan,1949-;
Lonely Gingerbread Baby, having set out to find a friend, enters a bakery where he tries to talk to different cookies and other figures, but winds up leading a crowd back to his house on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale.LSC
Subjects: Gingerbread; Loneliness; Bakeries;
© c2008., G.P. Putnam's Sons,
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Gingerbread friends / by Brett, Jan,1949-;
Lonely Gingerbread Baby, having set out to find a friend, enters a bakery where he tries to talk to different cookies and other figures, but winds up leading a crowd back to his house on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale.LSC
Subjects: Gingerbread; Loneliness; Bakeries; Toy and movable books;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Gingerbread baby / by Brett, Jan,1949-;
A young boy and his mother bake a gingerbread baby that escapes from their oven and leads a crowd on a chase similar to the one in the familiar not-so-clever gingerbread man.
Subjects: Gingerbread; Baking;
© c1999., Puffin Books,
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The gingerbread man / by Aylesworth, Jim.; McClintock, Barbara.;
A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of pursuers until he meets a clever fox.LSC
Subjects: Gingerbread men;
© [2010], c1998., Scholastic Press,
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The Gingerbread Bear / by Dennis, Robert,1944-2011.; Lyon, Tammie.;
In this variation of the Gingerbread man, the Gingerbread Bear runs through Woodlands National Park, until he encounters the clever ranger.LSC
Subjects: Gingerbread boy; Gingerbread men; Cookies;
© [2013], c2012., Cartwheel Books,
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The Gingerbread Girl / by Ernst, Lisa Campbell;
Like her older brother, the Gingerbread Boy, who was eventually devoured by a fox, the Gingerbread Girl eludes the many people who would like to eat her but also has a plan to escape her sibling's fate.
Subjects: Gingerbread; Foxes; Humorous stories; Humorous fiction;
© c2006., Dutton Children's Books,
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