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
The Owl and the Pussycat (1991)
The Owl and the Pussycat put to sea again, with honey and money and a runcible spoon.
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Scary, Scary Halloween (1986)
What lurks with green eyes under the porch on Halloween?
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The Secret Clocks, Time Senses of Living Things (1979)
How do we know when to wake up? How do flowers know when to bloom? This book explores the biorhythms of living things.
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Some Birds Have Funny Names (1981)
Short explanations of how birds received their unusual names.
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Some Plants Have Funny Names (1983)
Twelve plants are illustrated and the author explains how they got their common names.
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St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning (1980)
Jamie gets an early start on St. Patrick’s Day.
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The Tale of the Tiger Slippers (2019)
An Indian folktale about the importance of hard work.
The Three Snow Bears (2007)
In this variation on a familiar tale, the little girl’s name is Aloo-ki and the three bears live in an igloo north of the Arctic Circle.
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Town Mouse, Country Mouse (1994)
The Town Mice and the Country Mice agree to switch houses for a week, but decide it is not for them before the time is up.
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Trouble with Trolls (1992)
The Trolls decide they want a dog and they have their heart set on Tuffi, but Treva figures out a way to trick them and rescue her dog.
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The Turnip (2015)
Badger Girl is delighted to find the biggest turnip she has ever seen growing in her vegetable garden, but when the time comes to harvest the giant root, she is unable to pull it up without help from family and friends.
The Twelve Days of Christmas (1986)
The traditional carol receives a stunning treatment by Jan Brett. Read online at Internet Archive.
The Umbrella (2004)
While Carlos is searching for the Quetzal bird in the cloud forest, his umbrella is having an adventure of its own.
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Valentine Bears (1983)
Mrs. Bear wants to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day, but Mr. Bear is making it very hard to do.
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Who’s that Knocking on Christmas Eve? (2002)
A boy from Finnmark and his ice bear help Kyri rout the trolls when they come to spoil the Christmas dinner.
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The Wild Christmas Reindeer (1990)
Santa asks Teeka the elf to help the eight reindeer get ready to pull his sleigh on Christmas Eve.
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The Wizard of Oz a Story to Color (1985)
A coloring book of the Wizard of Oz.
Woodland Crossings (1978)
Five short fables or stories about the natural world.
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Young Melvin and Bulger (1981)
Young Melvin asks Mister Old Man Bill Blowdy to keep an eye on his dog Bulger while he goes to seek his fortune. When the old man tries to cheat him Melvin has to think quickly.
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