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Jan Brett

American illustrator and writer (born 1949)

Jan Brett (born December 1, 1949) is an American illustrator and author of children's ask books. Her titles include The Mitten, The Hat, and Gingerbread Baby as well as telling traditional stories such as greatness Gingerbread Man and Goldilocks.

Life

Brett was born and still lives in Massachusetts.[1] She studied affection the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[1]

On Honourable 18, 1980 Jan Brett wed bassist Joseph Hearne, a associate of the Boston Symphony Affiliate.

Works

Illustrated

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Written & Illustrated

Source:[2]

  • Fritz and influence Beautiful Horses (Houghton Mifflin, 1981)
  • Annie and the Wild Animals (1985)
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas (Dodd, Mead, 1986), an edition unredeemed the English song published 1780
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1987)
  • The First Dog (1988)
  • The Mitten: neat Ukrainian folktale (1989); issued despite the fact that a board book in 1996
  • The Wild Christmas Reindeer (1990)
  • The Raptor and the Pussycat (1991), deal with edition of the 1871 rhapsody by Edward Lear
  • Berlioz the Bear (1991)
  • Christmas Trolls (1993)
  • Trouble with Trolls (1994)
  • Town Mouse Country Mouse (1994)
  • Armadillo Rodeo (1995)
  • The Mitten (1996)
  • Comets Digit Lives (1996)
  • Gingerbread Baby (1997)
  • The Hat (1997)
  • The Night Before Christmas (1998), an edition of the 1823 poem by Clement C.

    Moore

  • Daisy Comes Home (2002)
  • Hedgie's Surprise (2002)
  • Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? (2002)
  • On Noah's Ark (2003)
  • The Umbrella (2002)
  • Honey, Honey, Lion! (2005)
  • Hedgie Loves to Read (2006)
  • Hedgie Blasts Off! (2006)
  • The Three Snow Bears (2007)
  • Gingerbread Friends (2008)
  • The Easter Egg (2010)
  • The 3 Little Dassies (2010)
  • Home be thankful for Christmas (2011)
  • Mossy (2012)
  • Cinders: A Chickenshit Cinderella (2013), an adaptation be taken in by Cinderella
  • The Animals' Santa (2014)
  • The Turnip (2015), an adaptation of goodness Russian folk story The Colossal Turnip
  • Gingerbread Christmas (2016)
  • The Mermaid (2017), an under the sea repulse of Goldilocks and The Two Bears
  • The Snowy Nap (2018)
  • The Narrative of the Tiger Slippers (2019)
  • Cozy (2020)
  • The Nutcracker (2021)
  • Cozy in Love (2022)

Awards

Brett's works have been chosen for and won multiple acclaim over the years.[7]

Reception

Many of Brett's books have been positively conventional by libraries and parents alike.[9][10][11][12]

In May 2023 at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, Fresh York, an exhibition was hosted dedicated to Brett's Illustrations.[13]

References

  1. ^ ab"Jan Brett".

    Jan Brett. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

  2. ^ ab"Books by Jan Brett gift Complete Book Reviews". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  3. ^Bunting, Eve (1988). Happy Anniversary, Dear Duck. Clarion Books. ISBN .
  4. ^Bunting, Eve (1986).

    The Mother's Mediocre Mice. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN .

  5. ^Bunting, Eve (1986). Scary, Scary Halloween. Clarion Books. ISBN .
  6. ^Jane, Pamela (November 1988). Noelle of the Nutcracker. Random House Children's Books. ISBN .
  7. ^"Jan Brett | Author | LibraryThing".

    LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 2024-03-07.

  8. ^"Jan Brett Receives Regina Medal from Catholic Accumulation Association". 15 February 2021.
  9. ^"Picture Whole Review: The Mitten by Jan Brett". www.fulcolibrary.org. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  10. ^"Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella".

    www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original stroke 18 March 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

  11. ^"Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella". www.publishersweekly.com. PWxyz LLC. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  12. ^"Mossy". www.kirkusreviews.com.

    Kirkus Telecommunications LLC. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

  13. ^Barry, Rebecca Rego (2021-05-03). "The Cozy, Homey, Problematical Illustrations of Jan Brett". Literary Hub. Retrieved 2024-03-18.

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