Jan Brett

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Jan Brett
Brett at the Arctic Circle in Nunavut, Canada, researching The Three Snow Bears, 2007
Brett at the Arctic Circle in Nunavut, Canada, researching The Three Snow Bears, 2007
Born (1949-12-01) December 1, 1949 (age 76)
Norwell, Massachusetts
OccupationIllustrator, writer
NationalityAmerican
Period1978–present
GenreChildren's picture books
Notable works
  • Annie and the Wild Animals
  • The Mitten
  • The Hat
Website
janbrett.com

Jan Brett (born December 1, 1949) is an American illustrator and author of children's picture books. Her titles include The Mitten, The Hat, and Gingerbread Baby as well as retelling traditional stories such as the Gingerbread Man and Goldilocks.

Life

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Brett was born and still lives in Massachusetts.[1] She studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[1] It takes her an hour to hand-paint an inch in gouache for her intricate artwork.[2]

On August 18, 1980 Jan Brett married bassist Joseph Hearne, a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It was the second marriage for both. The couple travel extensively, either with the orchestra or for Brett’s book research to Africa, the Arctic, China, Costa Rica, Japan, Martinique and Scandinavia. They embark on yearly nationwide bus tours for her books.[3][2]

The couple live outside Boston and summer in an Adirondack-style log home on their 17-acres in the Berkshires. Together, they have three children.[3][4]

Works

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Illustrated

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Written & Illustrated

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  • Fritz and the Beautiful Horses (Houghton Mifflin, 1981)
  • Annie and the Wild Animals (1985)
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas (Dodd, Mead, 1986), an edition of the English song published 1780
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1987)
  • The First Dog (1988)
  • The Mitten: a Ukrainian folktale (1989); issued as a board book in 1996
  • The Wild Christmas Reindeer (1990)
  • The Owl and the Pussycat (1991), an edition of the 1871 poem by Edward Lear
  • Berlioz the Bear (1991)
  • Christmas Trolls (1993)
  • Trouble with Trolls (1994)
  • Town Mouse Country Mouse (1994)
  • Armadillo Rodeo (1995)
  • The Mitten (1996)
  • Comets Nine Lives (1996)
  • Gingerbread Baby (1997)
  • The Hat (1997)
  • The Night Before Christmas (1998), an edition of the 1823 poem by Clement C. Moore
  • Daisy Comes Home (2002)
  • Hedgie's Surprise (2002)
  • Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? (2002)
  • On Noah's Ark (2003)
  • The Umbrella (2002)
  • Honey, Honey, Lion! (2005)
  • Hedgie Loves to Read (2006)
  • Hedgie Blasts Off! (2006)
  • The Three Snow Bears (2007)
  • Gingerbread Friends (2008)
  • The Easter Egg (2010)
  • The 3 Little Dassies (2010)
  • Home for Christmas (2011)
  • Mossy (2012)
  • Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella (2013), an adaptation of Cinderella
  • The Animals' Santa (2014)
  • The Turnip (2015), an adaptation of the Russian folk story The Gigantic Turnip
  • Gingerbread Christmas (2016)
  • The Mermaid (2017), an under the sea version of Goldilocks and The Three Bears
  • The Snowy Nap (2018)
  • The Tale of the Tiger Slippers (2019)
  • Cozy (2020)
  • The Nutcracker (2021)
  • Cozy in Love (2022)

Awards

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Brett's works have been nominated for and won multiple awards over the years.[10]

Reception

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Many of Brett's books have been positively received by libraries and parents alike.[12][13][14][15]

In May 2023 at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York, an exhibition was hosted dedicated to Brett's Illustrations.[16]

References

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