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Jan Brett: Author and Illustrator

By Bethany Little and Emma McMahan . Jan Brett: Author and Illustrator. http://www.virtuebookpublishers.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/jan_with_three_elephants_400-300x200.jpg. Background. Born December 1, 1949 in Hingham MA

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Jan Brett: Author and Illustrator

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  1. By Bethany Little and Emma McMahan Jan Brett: Author and Illustrator

  2. http://www.virtuebookpublishers.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/jan_with_three_elephants_400-300x200.jpghttp://www.virtuebookpublishers.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/jan_with_three_elephants_400-300x200.jpg Background • Born December 1, 1949 in Hingham MA • She knew she wanted to be an illustrator from the time she was in Kindergarten. • Went to Colby Junior College (now Colby-Sawyer College) 1968-1969 • Attended Boston Museum of Fine Arts School in 1970

  3. Background • Her first job was selling her drawings; restaurant menus, science books, greeting cards, etc. • Member of Society of Children’s Book Writers • Currently lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Joseph Hearne. He plays the double bass with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

  4. Career • Illustrated Woodland Crossings by Stephen Kensky in 1978 • Fritz and the Beautiful Horses was Brett’s first book that she wrote and illustrated • Published in 1981 • Has written and illustrated 31 books and only illustrated another 3 books • Many of her books have also been translated into other languages

  5. Career • Spends around a year illustrating and writing each book • Each book is written and illustrated so that it takes the reader to a special world – “a personal world for me” • Traveled to over 30 different countries in order to do research for her books • Example: traveled to Norway to learn about the legend of trolls for the book Christmas Trolls

  6. Distinction of work • Each page has beautiful illustrations. And every two pages has a border around it. These borders are full of extra illustrations that add detail to the story. They tell more about what the characters are doing. They also give clues to what will happen in the story. • "I also do borders because I have too many ideas.

  7. Distinction of Work • Jan Brett Draws Hedgie

  8. Writing Style • She pays a lot of attention to detail • All of her stories are about something or someone being kind to someone else • All of her work is fantasy • Artwork is extremely detailed and almost all of her pages are bored elaborately • “What I really wanted to do was to create the kind of book I had always been looking for when I was a child. A story that has characters who develop and with pictures that create a whole place, pictures you could almost step into."

  9. Teaching with Jan Brett • The Mitten – 1989 There is a mitten that was lost in the woods, lots of different animals climb into the mitten one by one, each getting larger than the next to keep warm during the winter. A fox, a bear and a badger are just a few of the animals. A little mouse climbing in the mitten at the last minute and tickles the bear’s nose. He sneezes andthe mitten bursts.

  10. Teaching With Jan Brett • Kindergarten age students will create masks that reflect the main characters (janbrett.com) • Using a giant blanket as the mitten, the students will reinact the story • The students will take turns reinacting the story and telling the rest of the class what happened • Students can also draw a story about a mitten in their own way.

  11. Teaching with Jan Brett • The story is based on Ukrainian culture • The students will learn about another culture and how different places have different features, like the Ukraine is cold a lot. • The book also mention’s Nicki’s grandmother and how much she does for Nicki. The students could talk about someone that they are very close to in their family and why they are close.

  12. Just a few…

  13. Awards -Personal • 1990: New England Booksellers Association - Artist Award Winner Bookweek New England • 1993: David McCord Children's Literature Citation • 1996: Fitchburg State College - Doctor of Humane Letters, honoriscausa • 2005: Boston Public Library - Lifetime Achievement Award

  14. Book Awards • The New York Times - "Children's Picture Book Bestseller List" THE EASTER EGG • 2010: Chicago Public Library - "Best of the Best Books of 2010" - The 3 LITTLE DASSIES • 2010: The New York Times - Children's Picture Book Bestseller List THE EASTER EGG • 2007: National Education Association - "Educators' Top One Hundred Children's Books of 2007," THE MITTEN • 2006: The New York Times - "Children's Picture Book Bestseller List" HEDGIE BLASTS OFF! • 2003-2004: "North Carolina Book Award Nomination" - DAISY COMES HOME • 2003: The New York Times - Children's Picture Book Bestseller List ON NOAH'S ARK • Publishers Weekly - Children's Top Ten Bestseller List ON NOAH'S ARK • 2004-2005: California Young Reader Medal Nomination, DAISY COMES HOME • Colorado Children's Book Award Nomination, 2003 DAISY COMES HOME • The New York Times #1 Children's Picture Book Bestseller List, WHO'S THAT KNOCKING ON CHRISTMAS EVE?, 2002 • Georgia Children's Book Award Nomination 2002, HEDGIE'S SURPRISE • The New York Times #1 Children's Picture Book Bestseller List, DAISY COMES HOME

  15. Selected list of books • The Hat • The Mitten • The Umbrella • The Three Snow Bears • Gingerbread Baby • Town Mouse, Country Mouse • Daisy Comes Home • The 3 Little Dassies • The Easter Egg • Honey-Honey Lion • On Noah’s Ark • The Wild Christmas Reindeer • Christmas Trolls • Fritz and the Beautiful Horses • Hedgie Blasts off • Berlioz the Bear • Gingerbread Friends • Who’s that Knocking on Christmas Eve?

  16. References • Something About the Author. Ed. Donna Olendorf. Vol. 71. Detroit: Gale Research, 1993. P 29- 32. • 100 Most Popular Picture Book Authors and Illustrators. McElmeel, Sharron L. • http://www.pbs.org/parents/readinglanguage/articles/authorfocus/janbrett.html • http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1500

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