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In-Depth Author Study JAN BRETT Shereen Rasor LIS 5183 Fall 2009
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Jan Brett Author and Illustrator of over 40 books for children Married to Joe Hearne of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Lives in Massachusetts
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“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.”
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Traveling for Research Jan at the Arctic Circle Jan in Africa
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Books Written and Illustrated by Jan Brett Gingerbread Friends Hedgie Blasts Off! The Umbrella Daisy Comes Home Hedgie’s Surprise The Hat Comet’s Nine Lives Armadillo Rodeo Christmas Trolls Trouble with Trolls Berlioz the Bear The Wild Christmas Reindeer The First Dog Annie and the Wild Animals Fritz and the Beautiful Horses
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Let it Snow! Winter Theme Books
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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!
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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
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In bookstores February 2010 Jan is currently working on 3 Little Dassie, an African version of The Three Little Pigs.
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janbrett.com Jan's Post Office Address Jan Brett Post Office Box 366 Norwell, Massachusetts 02061
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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.
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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.
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