The Gingerbread Man: New Friend on the Loose: A Graphic Novel

Illustrated by Mike Lowery
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This fan-favorite Gingerbread Man is cooking up something new in this graphic novel for the earliest readers!

The Gingerbread Man’s class is back in the kitchen! They’re using shapes to make fun cookies, and the Gingerbread Man knows just what he wants to make—a new puppy! AKA a cookie’s best friend.

But when the puppy comes to life and runs loose through the school, the class will have to come up with even more fun creations to lure him back home. Good thing this cookie sure knows how to have a ball!

This Gingerbread Man’s series of graphic novels--published in both hardcover and paperback editions--is for the youngest readers, full of the hilarious rhymes and action-packed escapades kids know and love from his picture books.
Laura Murray was a teacher before becoming a writer, and she has had to deal with many an escaped gingerbread man in her time. She lives in McLean, Virginia. View titles by Laura Murray
© Katrin Wiehle
Mike Lowery is a professor of illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design and a children's book illustrator. His works include The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas and the Doodle Adventures series. He lives with his wife and their daughter in Atlanta, Georgia. View titles by Mike Lowery

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This fan-favorite Gingerbread Man is cooking up something new in this graphic novel for the earliest readers!

The Gingerbread Man’s class is back in the kitchen! They’re using shapes to make fun cookies, and the Gingerbread Man knows just what he wants to make—a new puppy! AKA a cookie’s best friend.

But when the puppy comes to life and runs loose through the school, the class will have to come up with even more fun creations to lure him back home. Good thing this cookie sure knows how to have a ball!

This Gingerbread Man’s series of graphic novels--published in both hardcover and paperback editions--is for the youngest readers, full of the hilarious rhymes and action-packed escapades kids know and love from his picture books.

Author

Laura Murray was a teacher before becoming a writer, and she has had to deal with many an escaped gingerbread man in her time. She lives in McLean, Virginia. View titles by Laura Murray
© Katrin Wiehle
Mike Lowery is a professor of illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design and a children's book illustrator. His works include The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas and the Doodle Adventures series. He lives with his wife and their daughter in Atlanta, Georgia. View titles by Mike Lowery

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