In-Depth Author StudyJAN BRETT

Shereen Rasor

LIS 5183

Fall 2009

Jan Brett• Author and Illustrator

of over 40 books for children

• Married to Joe Hearne of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

• Lives in Massachusetts

“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.”

Traveling for Research

Jan at the Arctic Circle

Jan in Africa

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

Let it Snow!

Winter Theme Books

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!

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

In bookstores February 2010

Jan is currently working on 3 Little Dassie, an African version of The Three Little Pigs.

janbrett.com

Jan's Post Office Address

Jan BrettPost Office Box 366

Norwell, Massachusetts 02061

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.

• 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.