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Personal Information about

Jan Brett• Jan wrote the New

York Times bestselling Gingerbread Friends, The Three Snow Bears, and The Mitten, as well as many other classics.

• She lives in Norwell, Massachusetts.

• Jan’s great love is traveling.

Jan Brett in Nunavut Canada at the Arctic Circle

Did you know?

• Jan begins with the art first in her books.

• One of her books usually takes a year to complete.

• Jan goes to many countries to research architecture and costumes. She studies the traditions of the many countries that she has been to. She uses the ideas from these countries in her work.

Fascinating Facts

• She is well known for the borders or edges that surround the pages of her books.

• Jan has said that she has so many ideas for the illustrations that they spill over onto the borders. Readers are able to see more designs and information along the edges of the book pages.

• Jan Brett likes hedgehogs. She includes them in a lot of her books.

• She listens to audio books while doing the illustrations.

Jan’s Books on Display• Trouble with Trolls, 1992• Annie and the Wild Animals, 1985• The Mitten, 1989• Gingerbread Friends, 2008• The Umbrella, 2004• The Three Snow Bears, 2007

Books Written and Illustrated By Jan Brett

• THE 3 LITTLE DASSIES--October 2010    (Set in Namibia, Africa)THE EASTER EGG--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2010      (Set in Norwell, Massachusetts) JAN BRETT'S SNOWY TREASURY--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2009¶       (Anthology)GINGERBREAD FRIENDS--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2008       (Set in Switzerland)HEDGIE BLASTS OFF!--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2006       (Set in Kennedy Space Center and in outer space)HEDGIE LOVES TO READ--Free Book!THE UMBRELLA--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2004       (Set in Costa Rica)

Books Written and Illustrated Continued

• DAISY COMES HOME--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2002       (Set in Guilin, China)

CHRISTMAS TREASURY--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2001       (Anthology)HEDGIE'S SURPRISE--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2000       (Set in Denmark)THE HAT--G.P. Putnam's Sons--1997       (Set in Denmark)COMET'S NINE LIVES--G.P. Putnam's Sons--1996       (Set in Nantucket, Massachusetts)ARMADILLO RODEO--G.P. Putnam's Sons--1995       (Set in Fredericksburg, Texas)CHRISTMAS TROLLS--G P. Putnam's Sons--1993        (Set in Bergen, Norway)

Books Written and Illustrated Continued

• TROUBLE WITH TROLLS--G. P. Putnam's Sons--1992        (Set in Bergen, Norway)BERLIOZ THE BEAR--G P. Putnam's Sons--1991        (Set in Bad Tolz, Germany)THE WILD CHRISTMAS REINDEER--G P. Putnam's Sons--1990        (Set in Norway)THE FIRST DOG--Harcourt Brace Jovanovich--1988        (Set in La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, California)ANNIE AND THE WILD ANIMALS--Houghton Mifflin--1985        (Set in Kittery Point, Maine)FRITZ AND THE BEAUTIFUL HORSES--Houghton Mifflin--1981          (Set in Salzburg, Austria)

Books Retold and Illustrated by Jan Brett

• THE THREE SNOW BEARS--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2007        (Set in Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada)HONEY...HONEY...LION!--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2005        (Set in Okevango Delta, Botswana, Africa)ON NOAH'S ARK--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2003        (Set in Okevango Delta, Botswana, Africa)WHO'S THAT KNOCKING ON CHRISTMAS EVE--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2002        (Set in Alta, Norway)GINGERBREAD BABY--G. P. Putnam's Sons--1999       (Set in Switzerland)TOWN MOUSE, COUNTRY MOUSE--G. P. Putnam's Sons--1994       (Set in Switzerland)THE MITTEN--G. P. Putnam's Sons--1989       (Set in Ukraine)BEAUTY AND THE BEAST--Clarion--1989       (Set in Jan Land - a made up place)GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS--G. P. Putnam's Sons--1987       (Set in Jan Land - a made up place)

Books Illustrated by Jan Brett

• THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS --G.P. Putnam's Sons--1998       (Set in Stockbridge, Massachusetts)THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT--G. P. Putnam's Sons--1991       (Set in Martinique)HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR DUCK--Clarion--1988  THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS--G.P. Putnam's Sons--1986       (Set in  England, Italy, France, Norway, Belgium, Poland,

Russia, Germany,  Hungary, Scotland, Spain, and America)SCARY, SCARY HALLOWEEN--Clarion--1986   MOTHER'S DAY MICE--Clarion--1986   NOELLE OF THE NUTCRACKER--Houghton Mifflin--1986  VALENTINE BEARS--Clarion--1983 ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN THE MORNING--Clarion--1980 

Check Out Jan here! • Jan Brett’s Blog –a monthly “hedge-gram” is produced to

let her readers know what is going on in her life. You can follow her at:– http://janbrettsblog.com/

• If you are interested, you could email her studio address and you can receive a packet of information with a newsletter about the book she's working on now, sometimes she includes a photo, an activity page, or masks that will help students reenact her stories. The address is:

Jan BrettPost Office Box 366Norwell, MA 02061

“JAN BRETT LAND”Please read the description on the next page.

“JAN BRETT LAND”• “JAN BRETT LAND” is a version of CANDYLAND.• You play “JAN BRETT LAND” the same way you would play

CANDYLAND.• However, in this game you want to get to the end so that

you can meet the author. What a prize! • Along the way, you will encounter some of the books she

has written. • During the game, students can recall their learning while

reading this books. They will make connections to the game.

• They will hopefully be excited and discuss the author’s books.

• Images on the game: http://store.vesterheim.org/popup_image.php?pID=3545

Resources & References

• http://www.janbrett.com/• http://www.amazon.com/Jan-Brett/e/

B0034P0KM6/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_• http://www.teachervision.fen.com/reading/

activity/4092.html• http://store.vesterheim.org/popup_image.php?

pID=3545• http://janbrettsblog.com/