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Jan Brett
A handsome oversized board book edition of Jan Brett's New York Times bestselling story of Noah and the flood, full of her signature animals.
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A striking rendition of Alice in Wonderland transported to a shimmering Alaskan tundra, in Jan Brett's rich signature style.
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A New York Times bestseller, this striking retelling of Goldilocks as a mermaid highlights Jan Brett's signature attention to detail and clever use of the borders of each spread for…
Set in wintry Russia, this classic Christmas fantasy features young Marie experiencing the magic of toys and animals and the Snow Princess coming to life.
Three Jan Brett board book favorites, now available in one beautifully illustrated gift set. Includes The Mitten, The Hat, and Gingerbread Baby. Full color.
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Featuring a festive red foil jacket, this treasury contains seven of Brett’s most beloved Yuletide titles: The Night Before Christmas, Trouble with Trolls, Christmas Trolls, The Mitten, The Hat, The…
This collection of Jan Brett's most beloved wintry stories makes the perfect gift for the holidays and beyond.
This collection of Jan Brett's most beloved wintry stories makes the perfect…
For use in schools and libraries only. After trading houses, the country mice and the town mice discover there’s no place like home.
After a few false starts, Teeka discovers the best way to get Santa’s reindeer ready for Christmas Eve.
This lovable companion to Jan Brett’s instant New York Times bestselling winter classic, Cozy, shows that kindness and cleverness can capture a heart.
When Annie’s cat disappears, she attempts friendship with a variety of unsuitable woodland animals. The borders of the pages foretell the emergence of spring and the birth of kittens. Full…
Berlioz the bear and his fellow musicians are due to play for the town ball when the mule pulling their bandwagon refuses to move. A strange buzzing in Berlioz’s double…
A rollicking animal-chase fable set on the African plains, with a lift-the-flap surprise, from New York Times bestseller Jan Brett.
First published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1988.
This retelling of the classic fairy tale will appeal to children because of the mystery, suspense, and romance, and to adults because of its exploration of the duality in human…
Badger Girl’s delighted to find the biggest turnip she’s ever seen growing in her vegetable garden, but when the time comes to harvest the giant root, she’s unable to pull…
Jan Brett reimagines a powerful Middle Eastern folk tale that celebrates hard work and appreciating your roots.
In this lavish re-creation of an old favorite, Brett uses unusual design techniques and meticulous pattternings to bring the tale wondrously alive… . From the smallest carved acorn on a…
While climbing Mt. Baldy, Treva outwits some trolls who want to steal her dog.
The author adds new dimension to the story of two foolish couples who trade their lives for something better. Postage stamps and toy marbles become exquisite works of art in…
Bo, an adventurous, near-sighted armadillo, leaves his mother and brothers to follow a girl heading to a rodeo wearing new red boots which Bo mistakes for another armadillo.
Comet the cat uses up eight of his nine lives trying to find the right place to live on Nantucket Island.
Hedgie, the hedgehog, helps Henny, the speckled hen, trick the Tomten who has been eating all of Henny’s eggs for breakfast.
Daisy, an unhappy hen in China, floats down the river in a basket and has an adventure.
Jan Brett presents the biblical story from the perspective of Noah’s granddaughter. The child watches the construction of the ark and the arrival of its passengers. Once they are on…
For as long as anyone can remember, the honeyguide bird and the African honey badger have been partners when it comes to honey. Honeyguide finds the honeycomb, Badger breaks it…
From the author of Honey…Honey…Lion! comes the story of Hedgie, who wants more than anything to be an astronaut and travel into space. He gets his chance the day Big…
In this board-book edition of her New York Times -bestselling picture book, Brett imagines the story of Noah through the eyes of his granddaughter. Full color.
Mimbi, Pimbi, and Timbi hope to find a place safe from eagles to build their new homes. The handsomely dressed Agama Man watches from the borders as the eagle flies…
This tropical companion to Brett’s bestselling The Mitten is a walk through the Costa Rican cloud forest–a cheerful tale of escalation that will have readers poring over every illustration. Full…
Cinders, the most picked upon hen in the flock, becomes the most loved by Prince Cockerel when she arrives at his ball looking so beautiful that even her bossy sisters…
Brett’s #1 New York Times -bestselling variation of the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears is now in a board book format. Full color.
When Lisa hangs her woolen clothes in the sun to air them out for winter, the hedgehog, to the amusement of the other animals, ends up wearing a stocking on…
Translation of: The mitten: a Ukranian folktale.
On a trip to China with her family, the New York Times bestselling author/illustrator found inspiration for this story of a plucky little hen who gets washed away in a…
A young woman’s true love sends her extravagant gifts on each of the twelve days of Christmas.
Gingerbread Baby and his friend, Matti, take his gingerbread band to the Christmas Festival where they are a hit–until the aroma of gingerbread reaches the children, signaling the time to…
Fritz, a pony excluded from the group of beautiful horses within the walled city, becomes a hero when he rescues the children of the city.
A Christmas carol, a parlor game, a delightful counting song–The Twelve Days of Christmas, sumptously illustrated by Jan Brett, comes joyously alive. Brett provides a beautifully executed visual feast in…
When Treva investigates the disappearance of her family’s Christmas things, she finds two mischievous trolls who have never had a Christmas of their own.
Once again Brett creates an original Christmas story full of warmth and magic. Featuring beautiful borders, intricate illustrations, and a stunning display of the Northern Lights, this story will take…
In this delicious sequel to Gingerbread Baby, the confident and cocky character is back looking for friends, in an adventure he’ll never forget. Brett’s irresistible images are based on the…
Originally published in 1989, this favorite tale is offered in a luminous reissue sure to attract a wider audience with its romantic new jacket and a shortened text. Full color.
Beloved New York Times -bestselling author Brett presents the magical story of a little rabbit’s first Christmas. After all the forest animals tell him about the animals’ Santa, he is…
The story of Jan Brett’s famous Gingerbread Baby and his musical adventure at the Christmas festival is a board book, perfect for little hands!
