Jan Brett, Adapted by, Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-21920-7
Baba, Nicki's grandmother, knits pure white mittens for him, even though she is afraid that he will lose them in the snow. Sure enough, the first time Nicki is out, he drops one and some animals promptly move into its snug wool interior. First comes
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Jan Brett, Adapted by, Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $7.99 (29p) ISBN 978-0-399-23109-4
SIZE smALL Jan Brett's 1989 The Mitten is now available in a board-book edition, for littlest readers. Adapted from a Ukrainian folktale, the story centers on a mitten dropped in the snow which becomes a refuge for a series of increasingly large...
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Edward Lear, Author, Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-21925-2
Following her recent paeans to winter ( The Mitten ; The Wild Christmas Reindeer ), Brett irradiates her interpretation of the classic Lear nonsense verse with hues of tropical intensity. As the Owl and the Pussycat, both attired in madras plaids,...
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Eve Bunting, Author, Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator Clarion Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-89919-387-8
This third in a series of holiday books is a sweet story about the true meaning of Mother's Day, highlighted by Brett's lush pictures. Early in the morning, three young miceBiggest, Middle and Littleset off to find Mother's Day presents. Biggest has
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Eve Bunting, Author, Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $6.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-395-52594-4
PW enjoyed the ``witty and whimsical verses'' that tell the tale of a desert-dwelling duck who receives on his birthday water paraphernalia--and an inflatable pool in which to try them out. Ages 2-5. (Apr.)
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Jan Brett, Author Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-22622-9
The grass may be greener in the country, and the carpets softer in the city, but--as the two amiable mouse couples in Brett's rich interpretation of the timeless fable finally resolve--``There's no place like home.'' Brett's ( The Mitten ; Trouble...
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Jan Brett, Author Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-22336-5
A Scandinavian girl must use her wits to outsmart a bunch of pesky trolls in Brett's latest picture book. When Tre,va and her dog Tuffi are set upon by these nasty creatures with dognapping on their minds, the girl dissuades the little folk by...
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Jan Brett, Author Voyager Paperbacks $7 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-227651-5
``Long, long ago,'' Kip the cave boy re-christens Paleowolf, a helpful, ever-hungry animal companion--and man's best friend is born. Ages 4-8. (Aug.)
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Jan Brett, Author Clarion Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-89919-497-4
A single peacock feather, its delicate beauty rendered in meticulous detail, sets the tone for this sumptuous retelling of a classic fairy tale. The story is a familiar one, with true love triumphing over a wicked enchantment in the end (the moral,...
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Jan Brett, Author Putnam Publishing Group $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-22192-7
Little Teeka's attempts to train Santa's reindeer for their Christmas ride meet with disaster until she realizes that she needs to work with the animals in a new way. ``Tomorrow,'' she says, ``no yelling, no screaming, and no bossing, I promise,''...
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Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-25499-4
This offering is classic Brett: meticulously rendered animal characters, an authentically depicted setting, ornate borders, action-filled side panels, and lively storytelling. This version of The Three Little Pigs takes place in southern Africa,...
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Jan Brett, Author Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-22931-2
Brett (The Mitten; Armadillo Rodeo), a Massachusetts resident, stays close to home with this latest book, setting it on Nantucket. Capturing the island's rustic charm, her characteristically bustling, elaborately bordered art showcases weathered...
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Jan Brett, Author Putnam Publishing Group $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-399-22004-3
PW found this ``beautifully executed retelling . . . distinguished by the use of luxuriant color and a wealth of visual detail.'' Ages 4-8. (July)
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Jan Brett, Author . Putnam $16.99 (30p) ISBN 978-0-399-24463-6
Brett's (The Umbrella
) intricately detailed watercolor and gouache art spotlights the wildlife of Botswana's Okavango Delta, where the winged honeyguide, a sparrow-like bird, and a honey badger (whose markings resemble a skunk's) "ar
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Jan Brett. Putnam, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-25653-0
Tired of being asked to do chores, Rollo, “a very wild troll,” runs away from home in Brett’s (The 3 Little Dassies) atmospheric holiday adventure. Set in the mountains of Sweden, the book introduces a cast of naturalistic woodland animals,...
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Jan Brett, Author Paperstar Book $6.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-698-11399-2
""This winning balance between high style and fun will amuse and amaze readers again and again,"" said PW. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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Jan Brett, Author Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-23101-8
In this agreeable companion to The Mitten, a Scandinavian girl prepares for winter's arrival by hanging her woolens out to air. When a red-and-white patterned sock falls from the line and gets stuck on his prickles, a hedgehog (who bears the too-cute
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Jan Brett, Author Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (33p) ISBN 978-0-399-23444-6
Brett (The Mitten; Comet's Nine Lives) presents a rather wordy and wandering version of ""The Gingerbread Boy."" Impatient for the gingerbread man to bake the full eight minutes that is specified in the cookbook, Matti opens the oven door...
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Jan Brett, Author Puffin Books $6.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-698-11791-4
A brave girl outwits some trolls when they try to kidnap her dog. ""A wintry winner with a sunny glow,"" said PW. Ages 3-8. (Oct.)
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Jan Brett, Author, Mark Twain, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-396-08821-9
""On the first day of Christmas,/ My true love gave to me/ A partridge in a pear tree.'' A straightforward beginning to a carol that grows increasingly complicated as both the list of presents and the numbers involved accumulate. Brett's lavish...
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Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $23.99 (36p) ISBN 978-0-399-24183-3
Another trio of classic board books are collected in the boxed set Jan Brett's Little Library, which includes The Mitten, about a lost mitten that expands for all the woodland animals to share; The Hat, in which a hedgehog gets a sock stuck on...
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Jan Brett. Putnam, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-17071-3
Brett celebrates the holidays with the cheery hero of Gingerbread Baby and Gingerbread Friends and his friend Matti, who once again bails out his confectionary pal. When Gingerbread Baby hears about the Christmas Festival, he announces that he will...
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Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-396-08925-4
Brett's beautifully executed retelling of this classic story is distinguished by the use of luxuriant color and a wealth of visual detail. Her bears are attired in festive Bavarian garb; they live in a magnificent thatched rock-and-wood structure...
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Jan Brett. Putnam, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-25782-7
Brett (Home for Christmas) again lavishes attention on the delights and eccentricities of the natural world in this quiet, idiosyncratic addition to her canon of meticulously rendered picture books. Set in the Edwardian era, the story centers on...
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Jan Brett. Putnam, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-25783-4
As in The Three Snow Bears, Brett gives a timeless story a wintry setting—in this case, 18th-century Russia. Her watercolor and gouache pictures take full advantage of the country’s ornate architecture and exquisitely patterned aristocratic costume,
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Jan Brett. Putnam, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-25784-1
As she did in 1996’s The Mitten, Brett evokes a wintry landscape filled with animals, distinguished by her signature level of meticulous detail. On his first Christmas Eve, Little Snow, a rabbit in a North Canadian forest, voices skepticism about...
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Jan Brett. Putnam, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-17070-6
Brett follows Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella with another trip to Mother Russia, where a badger family has discovered a huge turnip growing in their garden. As snow begins to fall, they realize that the freak vegetable could be the source of many...
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Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator . Picture Puffin $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-698-11894-2
PW
called this tale of an adventuresome Nantucket cat "a visual treat Brett's fans shouldn't miss." Ages 4-8. (May)
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Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $39.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-399-23741-6
Her many fans will welcome Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury. This oversize gift edition gathers together seven complete, previously published stories, including The Mitten and The Hat as well as The Twelve Days of Christmas. (Sept.)
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Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-22803-2
Brett (The Wild Christmas Reindeer; Trouble with Trolls) here gives her trademark, exquisitely detailed art a Western flair as she sets this endearing tale ""deep in the heart of Texas hill country."" ""Don't go gettin' distracted on me,"" a mother...
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Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $17 (40p) ISBN 978-0-15-227650-8
Brett, author/illustrator of such favorites as Annie and the Wild Animals , has turned to prehistoric territory for her newest book. Kip the cave boy is on his way home with only a bag of Woollystet upper case, in book Rhino bones and his wits to...
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Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator Putnam $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-23477-4
Brett's (The Mitten; The Hat) trademark, elaborately bordered paintings are once again the centerpiece of her latest tale set in timeless rural Scandinavia. And, as in her prior works, the author's endearingly expressive animal characters, depicted...
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Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator . Putnam $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-25238-9
Brett's finely detailed watercolor and gouache art is a showstopper, spotlighting lifelike—though nattily clad—rabbits decorating eggs in hopes of winning the role of the Easter Rabbit's helper. Hoppi is awed by bunnies'...
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Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator . Putnam $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-24792-7
The perennially popular Brett sets this wintry spin on the Goldilocks tale in the Arctic. A polar bear family leaves its igloo for a walk to let Baby Bear’s soup cool just as Aloo-ki, an Inuit girl, runs past, searching for her team of huskies,
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Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator . Puffin $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-240270-2
"Inspired in part by the classic story of Ping, the adventurous duck on the Yangtze River, this spirited, intricately illustrated tale centers on the smallest of six hens," said PW
. Ages 4-up. (Jan.)
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Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator . Putnam $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-24215-1
Inspired by the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica (according to the jacket flap), Brett's watercolor and gouache art grabs the spotlight in this tale of young Carlos, who carries an umbrella made of giant lush leaves into the forest. He sets
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Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator . Putnam $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-24028-7
Brett (The Mitten), long celebrated for her lush depictions of animals in vibrant, often exotic settings, turns her focus to the popular Bible story—and omits the biblical framework. In a childlike, pleasingly spare text, Noah's grandchild
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Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator . Puffin $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-698-11986-4
In a starred review, PW
called this a "rich interpretation of a timeless fable. The text conveys the culture gap between the mice with a good deal of humor; the art brims with droll details." Ages 5-8. (Jan.)
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Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator . Putnam $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-23873-4
Knock knock. Who's there? More trolls to add to Brett's (Christmas Trolls; Trouble with Trolls) canon. Apparently, the trouble with trolls is that they're always making trouble. Luckily, they never get any smarter. In this Arctic story,...
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Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator . Putnam $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-23618-1
Inspired in part by the classic story of Ping, the adventurous young duck on the Yangtze River, Brett's (The Mitten) spirited, intricately illustrated tale centers on Daisy, the smallest of Mei Mei's six hens. Escaping the taunts of the...
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Pamela Jane, Author, Jan Brett, Author, Jan Brett, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (64p) ISBN 978-0-395-39969-9
Jane's first book magically captures the dreams-can-come-true atmosphere of the holiday season. Ilyana and Mary Jane, second grade rivals, both fall in love with the same ballerina doll in a shop window. Mary Jane vows her rich father will get it...
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Jan Brett. Putnam, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-17072-0
In this dazzling remix, Brett (Gingerbread Christmas) sets “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” under the sea. The bears turn into octopuses, dressed in the straw hats and indigo-dyed coats of rural Japan, and Goldilocks becomes Kiniro, a mermaid with...
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Jan Brett. Putnam, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-17073-7
In this fetching companion to The Hat, autumn gives way to winter on young Lisa’s Danish island farm, where her woodland friend Hedgie decides he’ll “just take a last ramble” before hibernating. Hedgie’s eyelids droop as his barnyard pals bid him...
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Jan Brett. Putnam, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-17074-4
In a graphically sumptuous tale, Brett (The Mitten) puts her own creative hallmark on a Persian folktale, “Abu Kassem’s Slippers.” The mother of a bighearted Bengal tiger stitches him a pair of slippers to spare his feet as he works tirelessly...
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Jan Brett. Putnam, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-593-10982-3
E.T.A. Hoffmann’s famous Christmas story of the girl and the wooden nutcracker receives Brett’s signature treatment in this picture book rendition, which features rich embellishments, white characters in elaborate period costumes, intricate movement
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Jan Brett. Putnam, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-593-10979-3
As in Brett’s classic The Mitten, a group of animals seeks refuge from the winter cold in a cramped hideout. This time, though, the refuge is a living being—a young musk ox named Cozy whom a storm has separated from his herd. First, a family of...
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Jan Brett. Putnam, $19.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-593-10985-4
Brett returns to the world of Cozy for this tale about the woolly musk ox character finding love in the Arctic tundra. Despite his best head-bashing effort, Cozy is bested by another musk ox bull and fails to win the attention of “lovely Lofti,” a...
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