SARAH BISHOP HYDE ASHLEY RICHARDSON Jan Brett

"I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I'm drawing really exists. The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real." - Attended the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School in In 1978, she realized her dream to become a professional writer - Published her first book in 1978, Fritz and the Beautiful Horses - Now she has sold over 34 million copies of her books

Interesting Facts about Jan Brett Her mother is her greatest inspiration because she encouraged her to achieve her dreams. She loves to travel with her husband around the world She has always loved to paint and write, and hopes that her books will encourage children’s creativity and imagination.

Noteworthy Books The Three Snow Bears Annie and the Wild Animals Town Mouse Country Mouse The Owl and the Pussycat The Umbrella Home for Christmas The Hat Daisy Comes Home Honey…Honey…Lion!

NEW YORK TIMES #1 CHILDREN’S BOOK BESTSELLER LIST: -THE EASTER EGG (2010) - THE UMBRELLA (2004) - HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (2011) -DAISY COMES HOME (2002) - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY #1 CHILDREN’S BESTSELLER LIST -THE UMBRELLA (2004) -ON NOAH’S ARK (2003) -THE HAT (1997) -THE WILD CHRISTMAS REINDEER (1990) -TOWN MOUSE COUNTRY MOUSE (BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK 1994) PARENT’S CHOICE AWARD -TOWN MOUSE COUNTRY MOUSE (ILLUSTRATION AWARD 1994) -THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT (1991) -GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS (1987) –FRITZ AND THE BEAUTIFUL HORSES (1981) Awards

Writing Style Artistic Style She incorporates animals and nature into famous traditional literature. Her stories are often inspired by the unique cultural traditions from countries she visits Most of her stories are influenced by her life and memory. Her trademark has become the detailed border illustrations surrounding the pages, like a “story around a story” Uses very detailed illustrations to make the imaginary drawing in the book seem like it really exists. Distinctive Work

Traditional Literature Timeless re-told stories Simple plots and characters Teach good morals Helps you understand othercultures and traditions

The Three Snow Bears - Remake of the traditional story, Goldilocks and the Three Bears. - Aloo-ki (Goldilocks) curiously stumbles into an igloo while searching for her lost sled dogs, where she encounters a family of snow bears. - Story was inspired by Jan’s trip to northern Canada where she met an Inuit family and saw their traditional artwork of arctic animals.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears The Three Snow Bears 3 Bears- brown bears Goldilocks gets lost in the forest Setting- woods Tests- food, shoes, beds Resolution- bears come back and she finds her dogs and runs away 3 Bears- polar bears Aloo-ki loses her sled dogs Setting- Alaska Tests- food, chairs, beds Resolution- bears come back to find her sleeping Teaching Connection

1) JAN BRETT (1949-)." SOMETHING ABOUT THE AUTHOR. VOL DETROIT: GALE, SOMETHING ABOUT THE AUTHOR ONLINE. GALE. APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY - BELK LIBRARY. 19 MARCH /BH /BH ) JAN (CHURCHILL) BRETT." CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS ONLINE. DETROIT: GALE, LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER. WEB. 19 MAR ) References