The Plan for the Gingerbread House, Darcy Pattison
The Plan for the Gingerbread House, Darcy Pattison
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The Plan for the Gingerbread House

Author: Darcy Pattison

Narrator: Josiah Bildner

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Mims House

Published: 10/12/2021


Synopsis

“Pattison’s text begs to be read aloud and Joven’s spreads offer dynamic visuals…” —Kirkus Reviews
Come one, come all! The Gingerbread Fair opens soon! Teams of kids are baking, building, and decorating. The project guidelines are clear: the winning house must stand upright on its own and a gingerbread boy and girl must fit inside.Sounds easy? It would be except…cookies burn, the icing is too thin, the house caves-in, someone is eating the candy decorations, and—oh!—they forgot about the gingerbread boy and girl.
Follow the team as they struggle to create the perfect gingerbread house. Young engineers will learn to overcome problems and press on to a finished house. At the end, they evaluate their efforts and plan for a better gingerbread house.
Need a winter STEM engineering project? This book inspires the budding engineers to think about the classic gingerbread house in a new way. Written in a lyrical rhyme, it’s sure to please the language arts folks, too.

Reviews

Goodreads review by StoryTimeReadAloud on December 09, 2022

There is a gingerbread house building contest with a clear set of instructions--build a house for a gingerbread boy and girl to fit inside and to hold its shape. The children proceed and make some mistakes along the way, providing some lessons they learned at the end of the book. The book should be r......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn Bragg on January 30, 2024

Not genuinely STEM related. This book is about children having disasters while trying to make a house. There is no measurement, cause and effect, or anything to learn. And I agree with others that the rhyming is awkward. The author is a very nice lady, I wish this had not been falsely marketed. (It......more

Goodreads review by Tricia on September 26, 2022

A different kind of holiday fun. The moral of this story is there is never a need to allow a few little mistakes to ruin a grand plan. When creators have the gumption to deal their mistakes it might happen that even a grand prize is not out of reach.......more