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In-Depth Author Study JAN 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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.