Berry’s warm palette perfectly suits the desert scenery. The first time reading is for the pure enjoyment of the story; the second time I read is so that the children are beginning to look for key details and to gather information. [Janet Squires; Holly Berry] -- A freshly baked gingerbread cowboy escapes from the rancher's wife's kitchen and eludes his pursuers in this western United States version of the "Gingerbread Boy." One day the old woman cooked a gingerbread cookie in the shape of a man. The Gingerbread Cowboy Story Summary The Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires and Holly Berry adds a clever Southwestern twist to the traditional gingerbread boy fairy tale featuring a runaway gingerbread boy who comes magically to life, only to run away from everyone whom he meets, because they all want to eat him! One day, when the old lady was making gingerbread, she cut a piece in the shape of a boy and put it into the oven. They would have been happy except for the fact that they did not have a child. The Gingerbread Cowboy (Book) : Squires, Janet : A freshly baked gingerbread cowboy escapes from the rancher's wife's kitchen and eludes his pursuers in this western United States version of the "Gingerbread Boy." So the gingerbread man did. As soon as the gingerbread man was cooked, he jumped out of the tin and ran out of the open window, shouting, “Don’t eat me!” He ran away as fast as he could. When the gingerbread man was done, the little old woman opened the oven door, but before she could take him out, the gingerbread man jumped up and ran through the kitchen and out of the cottage shouting, "Don't eat me!" Soon the gingerbread man began to get wet. Janet Squires and Holly Berry retell this classic tale with a … The Gingerbread Cowboy (Book) : Squires, Janet : A freshly baked gingerbread cowboy escapes from the rancher's wife's kitchen and eludes his pursuers in this western United States version of the "Gingerbread Boy." The Gingerbread Cowboy in the Classroom It's always so much fun to see one of my books, THE GINGERBREAD COWBOY , being utilized in a classroom. The little old woman ran after the gingerbread man . Here, the gingerbread man serves as the narrator, introducing the characters in each song. Has his repeating statement "Giddyup, giddyup as fast as you can. But when she took out gingerbread man from the oven, he jumped out and ran away. So the gingerbread man did as he was told. The Gingerbread Cowboy can run from the rancher, he can dash past the javelinas, and he can giddyup right by the cattle grazing on the mesa. But the gingerbread man ran even faster, chanting, "Run, run as fast as you can. The Gingerbread Man is a dangerous criminal in the Jasper Fforde Nursery Crimes series and the main antagonist in the second novel in this series, The Fourth Bear. Janet Squires and Holly Berry retell this classic tale with a … The Gingerbread Cowboy can run from the rancher, he can dash past the javelinas, and he can giddyup right by the cattle grazing on the mesa. The old woman and her husband ran after him but gingerbread man was too fast for them.