Vol. 64 No.

6 ISSN 0736-0533
March 2008 Edition 1
My Mini
Biography

Get to Know
JanBrett

Do you know Jan

Brett? You might have
read one of her books.
She has written and

illustrated a lot of them!

books

Cut on the dotted line. Put the pages together to make a book.

When Jan was older, she

went to art school. She loved to
walk around the art museum
near her school. She would
stare at the pictures there.
Here is Jan
when she was museum
in art school.

COVER ART CREDITSCat from Gingerbread Baby 1999; Hedgehog from The Hat 1997; Butterfly from Goldilocks and the Three
Bears 1987; Owl, Fox, and Badger from The Mitten, 1989; Bird from Honey...Honey...Lion! 2005. All written and illustrated by
Jan Brett and used with permission from Penguin USA, 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10012. All rights reserved.
Page 2: Art of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle from The tale of mrs. tiggy-winkle by beatrix potter, used with permission from penguin usa. All rights
reserved. Page 5: Art from draft of the three snow bears used with permission from jan brett. Art from The three snow bears used by
permission of penguin USA. All right reserved. Page 7 covers of gingerbread baby, honey...honey...lion!, hedgies surprise, the umbrella,
the mitten, and the three snow bears used with permission from penguin USA, 345 hudson street, new york, ny 10012. All rights
reserved.
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Soon, Jan began to

places. For one book,

draw elephants there.

Traveling helped her
Jan, age 4

She learned how to

Jan went to Africa.
write about different

Africa
draw and write
childrens books.
Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
the hedgehog
favorite characters in a book was a
hedgehog named Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle.
When Jan was a little girl,

wanted to be an illustrator
she loved to draw. She also

Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle was in a book

When Jan was little, one of her
illustrator
loved to read books. She

when she grew up.

by Beatrix Potter.
Fun Fact!
 Jan has worked on 33
books. Her newest one is
about a little girl and three
polar bears. Jan already
has ideas about the books
she will write next!

bears

Find It!
You learned that one of
Jans favorite characters
when she was little was a
hedgehog. Do you see a
book about a hedgehog?

Draft
It takes Jan about
a year to do each
book. She makes a
draft of each page.
She thinks about how
Finished Art
to make it better. The
finished art is always
a little different from
the draft.

page
 CREDITSPAGE 1: (JAN BRETT) JOE HEARNE; PAGE 2: (COLOR PENCILS) NIC HAMILTON/ALAMY; (MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE) from The tale of
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mrs. tiggy-winkle by beatrix potter, used with permission from penguin usa. All rights reserved.; (B/W PHOTO) COURTESY
OF JAN BRETT; (PICTURE FRAME) D. HURST/ALAMY; PAGE 3: (INSET) COURTESY OF JAN BRETT; (MUSEUM) FRANK TOZIER/ALAMY; PAGE 4
COURTESY OF JAN BRETT; PAGE 5: PUBLISHER INFO TKTK; PAGE 6: (BACKGROUND TREES) DENNIS HALLINAN/ALAMY; (BUS) COURTESY
JAN BRETT; PAGE 7 (PORTRAIT OF JAN BRETT) TSAR FEDORSKY; PAGE 8: (JAN BRETT) JOE HEARNETEDDY; (BEAR) JUDITH COLLINS/ALAMY;
(ARTIST PALETTE) JUPITERIMAGES/COMSTOCK IMAGES/ALAMY; (BOOK cover) 2007 used with permission by Penguin USA.
book comes out.
Here are some important dates in Jans life.

Jans newest
2007
Jan Brett Timeline

decorated with art from her newest book!

a big road trip each year to meet her
Now, Jan is famous. People all across
the country want to meet her. Jan takes
How many years did Jan

fans. For each trip, her bus gets

spend in art school?
1968-1969
Jan goes to
art school.
December1,1949

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is born.