In-Depth Author Study JAN BRETT

1. In-Depth Author StudyJAN BRETT Shereen Rasor LIS 5183 Fall 2009

2. Jan Brett • Author and Illustrator of over 40 books for children • Married to Joe Hearne of the Boston Symphony Orchestra • Lives in Massachusetts

3. “Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I’m drawing really exists.” “I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books.”

4. Jan at the Arctic Circle Jan in Africa Traveling for Research

5. Jan Brett on Tour

6. Books Written and Illustrated by Jan Brett Gingerbread Friends Hedgie Blasts Off! The UmbrellaDaisy Comes Home Hedgie’s SurpriseThe HatComet’s Nine LivesArmadillo RodeoChristmas TrollsTrouble with TrollsBerlioz the BearThe Wild Christmas ReindeerThe First DogAnnie and the Wild AnimalsFritz and the Beautiful Horses

7. Let it Snow! Winter Theme Books

8. Books Retold and Illustrated by Jan Brett • The Three Snow Bears • Who’s that Knocking on Christmas Eve? • The Mitten • On Noah’s Ark • Gingerbread Baby • Town Mouse, Country Mouse • Honey…Honey…Lion!

9. Books Illustrated by Jan Brett • The Twelve Days of Christmas • Mother’s Day Mice • Scary, Scary Halloween • St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning • The Owl and the Pussycat

10. Author Study

11. In bookstores February 2010 Jan is currently working on 3 Little Dassie, an African version of The Three Little Pigs.

12. janbrett.com Jan's Post Office Address Jan BrettPost Office Box 366Norwell, Massachusetts 02061

13. Sources: http://janbrett.com/ Brett, Jan. Annie and the Wild Animals. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.1985. Brett, Jan. Armadillo Rodeo. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1995. Brett, Jan. Berlioz the Bear. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1991. Brett, Jan. Christmas Trolls. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1993. Brett, Jan. Comet’s Nine Live. New York: Scholastic, Inc. 1996. Brett, Jan. Daisy Comes Home. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 2002. Brett, Jan. The First Dog. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1988. Brett, Jan. Fritz and the Beautiful Horses. New York: Houghton Mifflin.1981. Brett, Jan. Gingerbread Baby. New York: Scholastic, Inc. 1999. Brett, Jan. Gingerbread Friends. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 2008. Brett, Jan. The Hat. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1997. Brett, Jan. Hedgie Blasts Off!. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 2006. Brett, Jan. Hedgie’s Surprise. New York: Scholastic, Inc. 2000. Brett, Jan. Honey…Honey…Lion!. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 2005. Brett, Jan. The Mitten. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1989. Brett, Jan. On Noah’s Ark. New York: Scholastic, Inc. 2003.

14. Brett, Jan. Trouble with Trolls. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1992. • Brett, Jan. The Three Snow Bears. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 2007. • Brett, Jan. Town Mouse, Country Mouse. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1994. • Brett, Jan. The Umbrella. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 2004. • Brett, Jan. Who’s that Knocking on Christmas Eve. New York: Scholastic, Inc. 2002. • Brett, Jan. The Wild Christmas Reindeer. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1990. • Bunting, Eve. Mother’s Day Mice. Illustrated by Jan Brett. New York: Clarion. 1986. • Bunting, Eve. Scary, Scary Halloween. Illustrated by Jan Brett. New York: Clarion. 1986. • Bunting, Eve. St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning. Illustrated by Jan Brett. New York: Clarion. 1980. • Lear, Edward. The Owl and the Pussycat. Illustrated by Jan Brett. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1991. • McElmeel, Sharron. Educator’s Companion to Children’s Literature. Vol. 2. Pgs. 35-37. Engelwood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. 1996. • Peacock, Scot. Something About the Author. Vol. 130. Pgs.22-28. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, Inc. 2002. • Willcocks, David. Twelve Days of Christmas. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1986.