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The Hat
Jan Brett
Putnam Juvenile, 1997
Delightful and amusing
My 3-year-old loves this book and so do I. I've been reading it to her for over a year and it's always been a favorite. It has great illustrations and a clever, original story.
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The Mitten
Jan Brett
Putnam Juvenile, 1989
Wonderful on many accounts
We borrowed this book from the library and I found myself reading it to my son one day when he was upset and needed distracting. He was quickly drawn into the story. I had him participating in the story telling, something he doesn't commonly do. I would ask him I ...
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The Night Before Christmas: Tenth Anniversary Edition
Putnam Juvenile, 2008
With over 600,000 copies sold, Jan Brett?s New York Times bestselling edition of Clement Moore?s classic Christmas poem celebrates its tenth anniversary with a note from Jan and an exquisitely redesigned jacket with red foil trim, making this a delectable holiday treat. A new generation of readers will find Jan?s visual interpretation of this ...
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The Three Snow Bears
Putnam Juvenile, 2007
The Three Snow Bears
As a Kindergarten teacher I relish a new great book to use with my students at school. This is a wonderful, artistic, multicultural adaptation of the original Three Bears folktail. Thoroughly enjoyed by the kids, as well as, myself. Jan Brett's illustrations keep ...
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The Wild Christmas Reindeer
Jan Brett
Putnam Juvenile, 1998
Beautiful pictures full of color and detail. Great story.
My 5 year old daughter brought this book home from Kindergarten one day. We read it at bedtime and were both amazed at the wonderful illustrations. Any child who loves animals will enjoy this book. It also has a nice change from the normal Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, ...
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The Night before Christmas
Clement Clarke Moore
Putnam Juvenile, 1998
It's Become a Tradition
I bought this for my grandchildren last Christmas. The wording is traditional, and the illustrations are wonderful! This has become a part of the Christmas Eve tradition at my daughter's house.
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Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury
Putnam Juvenile, 2001
A Christmas Heirloom
Each year I add a Christmas book to each of my grandchildren's collections. This book is right at the top of my list of fine collectible childrens books.
Not only did Grandma enjoy the incredible art work and stories but so did each of our five grandchildren and ...
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Gingerbread Baby
Jan Brett
Putnam Juvenile, 1999
Yummy Gingerbread
What a wonderful book! The illustrations are breathtakingly georgous and intricately detailed as is typical of all Jan Brett's books. The story of the Gingerbread Baby is a surprising and delightful retelling of the classic story. My children and I loved this book!
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Gingerbread Friends
Putnam Juvenile, 2008
Jan Brett Scores Again!
Gingerbread baby needs some friends but can he make them? Can he talk to them? Where do you find friends for gingerbread babies? Well, let's go to town and find out! What a wonderful story and so charming too. Jan Brett has some secrets for us in the corners of ...
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Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve?
Putnam Juvenile, 2002
Winter Bloom
What a marvel of a book! Jan Brett has an incredibly detailed and colorful style a la Michael Hague. In this book, each illustration is presented as a triptych: the middle panel represents the text, and the side panels present what is happening meanwhile with the ...
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Christmas Trolls
Jan Brett
Putnam Books, 2000
Even better than Trouble
We own several of Jan Brett's books. The artwork is superb, entertaining, and the delightful borders on the edges of her pages often provide insights into the plot of the story. As much as we love Jan Brett's other books, this book is by far one of our family ...
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The Twelve Days of Christmas
Jan Brett
Putnam Juvenile, 1997
A favorite Childrens Book
This was one of my favorite books growing up. I, like almost all children loved christmas and this book brings back so many memories for me of Christmas' past. I can remember sitting and just marveling at the illustrations of the book. There are so many differnet ...
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Jan Brett's Little Library
Putnam Juvenile, 2003
Fun, fun, fun!
I bought this book set for my 6-year-old niece because she had told me that Jan Brett was her favorite author. The books were a lot of fun, perfect for a child who is just learning to read as there are no hard words, but the thing that really was outstanding to my ...
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On Noah's Ark
Putnam Juvenile, 2003
Lovely book for church libraries
This is another lovely book by Jan Brett. The artwork is wonderful and the text is from the viewpoint of Noah's grandson. I bought this for our church library and am glad I did. I also suggest "Naamah: The Story of Noah's Wife" by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso for little ...
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Armadillo Rodeo
Puffin, 2004
Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett
This book is really cute! The 7 year old boy I purchased it for wants to read it over and over again! The illustrations are really colorful and well done. This is the type of book that is great fun for a boy or girl - ages 4 to 8, I should think. The author, Jan Brett, ...
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