Title: Not the best version
Product review: My 5 year old has a version of this story in one of his school textbooks & since he liked it so much I thought I would buy him a copy. I chose this one based upon the reviews & low price, despite my initial feeling that the cover design looked cheesy. First the illustrations are some of the worst that I've seen. The story line is too straight forward, nondescript with very little embellishment. I think one reviewer said "repetitive". I agree with that. The original story that we've read had vivid details and better showed some of the attitudes that the characters exhibited, which made for great discussions about the gingerbread man's arrogance & naivety etc. Nothing profound (it's not War & Peace after all!) but I believe that great stories can lead to great discussions even if it is a fairy tale. We were disappointed with this one.
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