The Gingerbread Man

Linda and Paula have arranged to visit Checkers Café. The Ginny girls love going to that café because the café has a theme or a character for about four weeks and then change the theme or character.  This Christmas holidays the Checkers Café have the gingerbread man as their theme.

Paula and Linda have arrived at the Café and they are each greeted at the door by a person dressed as the Gingerbread man. The person explains to them where to order their drinks and food and what side room has the display of gingerbread books in where they can go and look at the books.

 

They decide to go the side room and have a look at the books before they order a drink and some food.  On the wall they notice the poster of different gingerbread men and are surprised that there are so many different styles.

 

In the side room on a table are the books and the visitors are allowed to read the books.  The biggest book there is a Golden Super Shape Classic which was published in 1988.

 

  Linda tells Paula she loves the, Andy Pandy and the Ginger Bread Man book because at the end of the story the gingerbread man jumps off the plate that is on the table and runs away but doesn’t get eaten by the fox.  Andy Pandy makes some plain buns without legs so they can't run away!
They look through the read it yourself Ladybird book for reading level 4.

Paula stands by Cadbury Classics, Story Block Collection version of the Gingerbread Man which was free with a block of Cadbury Chocolate. It is one of ten books issued.

 

 Linda is standing by a Tip Top ice cream lid.

 They finish looking at the books and the other gingerbread man items and walk over to the counter of the Café. Behind the counter on a cake rack cooling is a chocolate brownie man. Linda asks if she can have a piece and she is told it is too hot to cut now.

 
They order a drink and a gingerbread biscuit, (of course!) each. They go and sit down at one of the tables and the food is brought over to them. They drink their drink and eat their biscuit and talk about the gingerbread items they have looked at before they go home.

When they get home they can smell something coming from the kitchen. They walk into the kitchen and see Joanne has cooked some gingerbread men!