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

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.

Look for them all! Buttons on the Loose, Class Pet on the Loose, Paper Airplanes on the Loose, New Friend on the Loose, and Trick-or-Treaters on the Loose.

And don't miss this smart cookie's picture book adventures: The Gingerbread Man Loose at School, The Gingerbread Man Loose on the Fire Truck, The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas, The Gingerbread Man Loose at the Zoo, and The Gingerbread Man and the Leprechaun Loose at School!

Laura Murray was a teacher before becoming a writer, and she has had to deal with many an escaped gingerbread man in her time.

Mike Lowery is an author and New York Times bestselling illustrator who has worked on dozens of books for kids. Some of his favorites are The Gingerbread Man is Loose series by Laura Murray, Mac B, Kid Spy series by Mac Barnett and the Everything Awesome series which he also wrote. He likes to collect weird facts and other bits of knowledge and he draws them every morning in his sketchbook. Visit him online at mikelowery.com and follow him on Instagram @mikelowerystudio