Scholastic News

Vol. 64 No. 6 ISSN 0736-0533
March 2008
Edition 1
My Mini
Biography
®
Get to Know
Jan Brett
®
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
in art school.
museum
COVER ART CREDITS—Cat 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.
Fun Fact!
Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
the hedgehog
When Jan was little, one of her
favorite characters in a book was a
hedgehog named Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle.
Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle was in a book
by Beatrix Potter.
Jan, age 4
illustrator
Africa
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Soon, Jan began to
draw and write
children’s books.
Traveling helped her
write about different
places. For one book,
Jan went to Africa.
She learned how to
draw elephants there.
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!, hedgie’s 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.
When Jan was a little girl,
she loved to draw. She also
loved to read books. She
wanted to be an illustrator
when she grew up.
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
Jan’s 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
to make it better. The
finished art is always
a little different from
the draft.
page
Finished Art
R
Jan Brett Timeline
Here are some important dates in Jan’s life.
December 1, 1949
Jan Brett
is born.
ILDE
B
road
1968-1969
Jan goes to
art school.
Now, Jan is famous. People all across
the country want to meet her. Jan takes
a big road trip each year to meet her
fans. For each trip, her bus gets
decorated with art from her newest book!
2007
Jan’s newest
book comes out.
CREDITS—PAGE 1: (JAN BRETT) ©JOE HEARNE; PAGE 2: (COLOR PENCILS) ©NIC HAMILTON/ALAMY; (MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE) from The tale of
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.
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RAIN
How many years did Jan
spend in art school?
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