Jan Brett
SARAH BISHOP HYDE
ASHLEY RICHARDSON
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Attended the
Boston Museum of
Fine Arts School in
1970
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In 1978, she
realized her dream
to become a
professional writer
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Published her first
book in 1978, Fritz
and the Beautiful
Horses
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Now she has sold
over 34 million
copies of her
books
"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. The detail
in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such
places might be real."
Interesting Facts about Jan Brett
 Her mother is her greatest
inspiration because she
encouraged her to achieve
her dreams.
 She loves to travel with her
husband around the world
 She has always loved to
paint and write, and hopes
that her books will
encourage children’s
creativity and imagination.
Noteworthy
Books
The Three Snow Bears
Annie and the Wild Animals
Town Mouse
Country Mouse
The Owl and the Pussycat
The Umbrella
Home for Christmas
The Hat
Daisy Comes Home
Honey…Honey…Lion!
Awards
NEW YORK TIMES #1 CHILDREN’S BOOK BESTSELLER LIST:
-THE EASTER EGG (2010)
- THE UMBRELLA (2004)
- HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (2011)
-DAISY COMES HOME (2002)
- PUBL IS HERS WEEKLY #1 CHIL DREN’ S BES TS EL L ER L IS T
-THE UMBRELLA (2004)
-ON NOAH’S ARK (2003)
-THE HAT (1997) -THE WILD CHRISTMAS REINDEER (1990)
-TOWN MOUSE COUNTRY MOUSE (BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK 1994)
PARENT’S CHOICE AWARD
-TOWN MOUSE COUNTRY MOUSE (ILLUSTRATION AWARD 1994)
-THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT (1991)
-GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS (1987)
–FRITZ AND THE BEAUTIFUL HORSES (1981)
Distinctive Work
Writing Style
Artistic Style
 She incorporates animals
 Her trademark has become
and nature into famous
traditional literature.
 Her stories are often inspired
by the unique cultural
traditions from countries she
visits
 Most of her stories are
influenced by her life and
memory.
the detailed border
illustrations surrounding the
pages, like a “story around a
story”
 Uses very detailed
illustrations to make the
imaginary drawing in the
book seem like it really
exists.
Traditional Literature
 Timeless re-told stories
 Simple plots and characters
 Teach good morals
 Helps you understand other
cultures and traditions
- Remake of the
traditional story,
Goldilocks and the
Three Bears.
- Aloo-ki (Goldilocks)
curiously stumbles
into an igloo while
searching for her lost
sled dogs, where she
encounters a family of
snow bears.
- Story was inspired
by Jan’s trip to
northern Canada
where she met an
Inuit family and saw
their traditional
artwork of arctic
animals.
The Three Snow Bears
Teaching Connection
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The Three Snow Bears
 3 Bears- brown bears
 3 Bears- polar bears
 Goldilocks gets lost in the
 Aloo-ki loses her sled dogs
forest
 Setting- woods
 Tests- food, shoes, beds
 Resolution- bears come back
and she finds her dogs and runs
away
 Setting- Alaska
 Tests- food, chairs, beds
 Resolution- bears come back to
find her sleeping
References
JAN BRETT (1949-)." SOMETHING ABOUT THE AUTHOR. VOL. 234.
DETROIT: GALE, 2012. 30 -38. SOMETHING ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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