3 stars

Well, that certainly wasn’t what I was expecting. In this slightly creepy wintery story, Marshall is convinced that gingerbread cookies can’t run, until the evidence suggests otherwise. At first I thought it would be a cute story about hunting for the missing cookies that the teacher hid. But it kind of turns into a weird, creepy tale of sentient creatures (able to write, plan, and rhyme) being hunted down and eaten by small children. Kind of weird.

The story itself was interesting and entertaining, but after putting two seconds of thought into it, I was considerably creeped out. I think kids could enjoy this as long as they don’t put too much thought into the idea of food walking around and playing tag.