Zander
(Zander)
1
Howdy 
Am going through the tutorial found in chapter 4 of “The Official Blender 2.3 Guide” (while running v2.42a) in which you build a gingerbread man.
Upon rendering after setting materials per the tutorial, the material is streched accross the front of the body.

My guess is, i have no idea :-P. Have tried messing with “Map Input” and Map To" (both set to Normal)
Thanks in advance!
Lamoot
(Lamoot)
2
You should change the map input to object. Should serve your needs for this tutorial.
http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.php/Manual/Map_Input if you want some more info on what map input does.
Zander
(Zander)
3
Much thanks! That did the trick. Also changed option in Map input from Flat to Cube.
Thank you for your time.
Zander