Jan Brett
(1949 - 0)
Jan Brett is a best-selling American author/illustrator of children’s books. Her books are known for colorful, detailed depictions of a wide variety of animals and human cultures ranging from Scandinavia to Africa. Her best-known titles include The Hat, The Mitten, The Three Snow Bears and The Gingerbread Baby.
Bibliography
Gingerbread Friends (2008)
The Gingerbread Baby wants some friends to play with him when Mattie is busy. What better place to look for friends than a bakery?
Read online at archive.org.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1987)
The Three Bears neglect to lock their door and return to find their porridge eaten, chair broken and -- what’s this in wee, small bear’s bed? It must be that notorious burglar -- Goldilocks!
Read online at archive.org.
The Great Rescue (1984)
The Cabbage Patch Kids are kidnapped and forced to work in a gold mine. How will they escape? There is a large format and a small format version. Read online at Internet Archive.
Happy Birthday Dear Duck (1988)
For his birthday Duck got a day filled with friends who liked him a lot. That’s what Duck got.
Read online at archive.org.
The Hat (1997)
Lisa’s woolen stocking makes Hedgie a fine hat and soon the fashion catches on with all the animals.
Read online at archive.org.
Hedgie Blasts Off! (2006)
Hedgie volunteers for an important space mission when the Big Sparkler stops sparking.
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Hedgie’s Surprise (2000)
Hedgie helps Henny hen hide her eggs from the mischievous Tomten.
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Home for Christmas (2011)
After spending the summer with his animal friends on the mountain, Rollo the little troll is lonesome for his family and goes home for Christmas.
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Honey … Honey … Lion! (2005)
The Honey Guide Bird finds the honey and the Honey Badger steals it -- then they share the sweetness. But one day the Badger doesn’t share, and then the next day … watch out for lions!
Read online at Internet Archive.
I Can Fly (1981)
A little boy and a little girl can be anything they can imagine.
In the Castle of Cats (1981)
Miou watches her friends Purrkins and Tobias leave the Castle for the wide world, but it is not her turn yet.
Read online at archive.org.
Inside a Sand Castle (1978)
What is it like to go inside a sand castle? Or slide down a hay stack? Or climb a tall pine tree?
Jan Brett’s Snowy Treasury (2009)
Four of Jan Brett favorites: The Gingerbread Baby, The Mitten, The Hat and The Three Snow Bears.
Read online at Internet Archive.
The Mermaid (2017)
The Mermaid (and the Three Octopuses) is a variation of a perennial favorite.
The Mitten (1989)
Nicki drops one of his new white mittens in the snow. The animals crawl into it to keep warm, until … someone sneezes!
Read online at archive.org.
Mossy (2012)
Mossy and her portable garden are the star of Dr. Carolina’s museum, but she longs to return to her pond.
The Mother’s Day Mice (1986)
Three mice find presents for their mother on Mother’s Day. Read online at archive.org.
The Night Before Christmas (1998)
’Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
Noelle of the Nutcracker (1986)
Ilyana wants the ballerina doll in the window of the toy shop for Christmas, but so does rich, spoiled Mary Jane. And what does Noelle, the ballerina doll want for herself?
Read online at archive.org.
On Noah’s Ark (2003)
The animals file into the ark, two by two. It rains for forty days and forty nights, but at last the dry land appears and the animals file out again to fill the earth with life.