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Plan for the Gingerbread House: A STEM Engineering Story

Plan for the Gingerbread House: A STEM Engineering Story

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"Pattison's text begs to be read aloud and Joven's spreads offer dynamic visuals..." -Kirkus Reviews

"...appealing text...Highly recommended ... an excellent tool for teachers or librarians to read before assigning STEM projects." School Library Journal.

STEM KIDS CHRISTMAS BOOK

Kids will learn engineering in this STEM kids Christmas book, a fun, exciting activity for both Christmas and STEM engineering. All you need is gingerbread, candy, and a lot of laughs.

Come one, come all! The Gingerbread Fair opens soon!

Teams of kids are baking, building, and decorating. The engineering project guidelines are clear: the winning house must stand upright on its own and a gingerbread boy and girl must fit inside.

Children's STEM Book Children's Christmas Book

Sounds easy? It would be except...cookies burn, the icing is too thin, the house caves-in, someone is eating the candy decorations, and-oh!-they forgot about the gingerbread boy and girl.

Follow the STEM engineering team as they struggle to create the perfect gingerbread house. Young engineers will learn to overcome problems and press on to a finished house. At the end, they evaluate their efforts and plan for a better gingerbread house.

Need a winter STEM engineering activity? This book inspires the budding engineers to think about the classic gingerbread house in a new way. Written in a lyrical rhyme, it's sure to please the language arts folks, too.

Gingerbread Book

This book is perfect for

  • 5-10 year old kids who love Christmas
  • Elementary STEM lessons
  • STEM science, STEM projects engineering
  • STEM activity for Christmas - build your own gingerbread house

This picture book about STEM engineering will become a holiday favorite.

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BrandMims House
Pub dateOct 12, 2021
ISBN-101629441570
ISBN-139781629441573
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions8.5 × 0.25 × 8.5 in
Last updated 2026-10-01 09:54
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