Get ready for a Halloween adventure with everyone’s favorite smart cookie! 🎃🍪 In The Gingerbread Man: Trick-or-Treaters on the Loose, written by Laura Murray and illustrated by Mike Lowery, the Gingerbread Man enjoys a school library book character costume parade, trick-or-treating with friends, and one unforgettable encounter with a hungry owl! Perfect for first and second graders, this funny, school-friendly early reader graphic novel is filled with rhymes, adventure, and laugh-out-loud moments for classrooms, libraries, and families. Watch the official trailer, then join the fun!

Already a favorite picture book with teachers across the country, this SMART cookie's hilarious search for his classmates is perfect for back-to-school, the holidays, or anytime! Join this dapper and determined little guy as he runs, limps, slides, skips, and spins through the school trying to find the children who made him. A deliciously sweet ending is served up for both the Gingerbread Man and his class! Written by Laura Murray, http://www.lauramurraybooks.com Illustrations by Mike Lowery, http://www.argyleacademy.com Published by GP Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Books for Young Readers ISBN: 978-0-399-25052-1 Trailer by Carter Higgins, http://designofthepicturebook.com Visit www.LauraMurrayBooks.com for an extensive curriculum-linked teacher's guide, along with printables, fun ideas, and extension activities.

Author Laura Murray reads THE GINGERBREAD MAN LOOSE ON THE FIRE TRUCK at the Library of Congress' story time, in association with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

Appalachian Power started participating in Read to Me Day in 2001. Since then, we’ve read to more than 250,000 students and donated 6,000 books to libraries. All to encourage reading and to support the importance of education for our children. It is our biggest volunteer activity across Virginia and West Virginia, and one of the many ways we are working with our communities to create a brighter future.

Author Laura Murray of book series The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School, visits Arrowhead Elementary, Access News Virginia Beach

Lieutenant Joshua Pebler reads The Gingerbread Man Loose on the Fire Truck by Laura Murray and illustrated by Mike Lowery for Books and Badges.

Sneak peek time! 🍪✨ Join me as I share the very first pages of The Gingerbread Man: New Friend on the Loose - my newest early reader graphic novel! After the read-aloud, make your best guess: Who’s the new friend… and what wild adventure begins? 🧐📚 Perfect for classroom read-alouds, literacy centers, and growing readers!

Get ready to chase the fun! 🎉🍪 From popular author Laura Murray and illustrator extraordinaire Mike Lowery comes The Gingerbread Man: New Friend on the Loose!—an early reader graphic novel bursting with laughs, heart, and one irresistible cookie caper! Our favorite fast-running cookie is back—this time with a pup-tastic surprise! When the Gingerbread Man whips up a brand-new cookie companion, a lovable puppy pops out of the oven... and runs amok through the school! 🐾💨 Can the Gingerbread Man keep up with his sweet (but speedy!) new friend before things get totally ruff? 🎙️ Big shoutout to the amazing voice talent of Rembrandt Lottering for bringing our tasty little hero to life! 🎵 Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/b... License code: JUZILXFODLVQ1CLQ #GingerbreadManBooks #GraphicNovelFun #EarlyReaders #LauraMurrayBooks #MikeLoweryArt #CookieCapers #PuppyOnTheLoose #BookTrailer #KidLit #ElementaryReads #GraphicNovelForKids #RembrandtLottering #GingerbreadManAdventures #ClassroomFavorites #NewBookAlert

In The Gingerbread Man Loose at the Zoo, the GB Man is back in his WILDEST adventure yet as he follows SCAVENGER HUNT RIDDLES through the zoo! But a zoo full of critters is a tricky place for a tasty cookie—even a very fast one—and the Gingerbread Man ends up separated from his friends. He needs to solve all of the riddles to catch up with his class and help someone else who is lost "—nail-biting, untamed fun is in store for the whole family!"

Children's author Laura Murray gives young readers a peek at some of her favorite moments as an author.