The Gingerbread House That Elizabeth Made - by Carla Stoneberg (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Somewhere deep in a forest clearing stands a gingerbread house made by an unknown girl named Elizabeth. The resident mouse has never met her but has been left instructions to welcome all who need shelter from the winter weather. The persistent fairies want to know just who will come to this home in the glade. Mouse advises them to watch and see. So the fairies perch high in an evergreen tree to witness the slow parade of homeless creatures who arrive. Once assembled, what will these disparate souls do together in the gingerbread house? Who will guide them? And why? This poem reimagines the gingerbread house made by a real girl, also named Elizabeth.

Review Quotes

"I love this poem. It will help people learn to help other people in need even when they don't want to. And once they do, they will realize it is good to help other people, and then they will keep doing it more." --Sydney Daniels, age 7, Indianapolis, IN

"That poem is amazing! Really good! And that gingerbread house looks so tasty. Did the real Elizabeth eat her gingerbread house?" --Peter Soffietti, age 7, Indianapolis, IN

"I liked how the artist made everything. It is a very good poem." --Porter Nagel, age 9, Indianapolis, IN

"I liked this poem a lot. It was really good. It was heartwarming because she cut off her hair and gave it to the girl who needed it." --Lucas Wilson, age 11, McCordsville, IN

"I liked the mouse. And the whale. And the horsey. And the reindeer." --Marjorie Soffietti, age 3, Indianapolis, IN

""I like this poem because it tells you who made the wig and why, and it shows how many people can be in the house at the same time. The poem relates to another story I know, and I liked that. I like writing poems. Tell the artist I really like their pictures." --Sam Sponsel, Age 9, McCordsville, IN

"This poem has rhyming words and rhythm, and I like poems like that. I loved the Eleven Lords a-leaping. I'm glad some of the people came from fairy tales that I recognized. I liked the hints about who was coming next to the gingerbread house." --Bea Soffietti, age 11, Indianapolis, IN

"I think the poem was good because I saw the storybook characters that I recognized." --Zachary Wilson, age 11, McCordsville, IN

"I like the pictures. They were really beautiful. I liked that the pictures helped us guess who was coming down the path next." --George Soffietti, age 8, Indianapolis, IN

"Super cool. It was a very fun story." --Finn Redman, age 8, Indianapolis, IN

"This is a very good poem. It's about helping people and welcoming all. I think you should publish this poem." --Jillian Apel, age 12, McCordsville, IN