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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…
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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.
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Four of Brett’s very best and most beloved animal stories are collected in this beautiful treasury. Contains Town Mouse, Country Mouse; Armadillo Rodeo; The Umbrella; and The Three Snow Bears…
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…
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…
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…
One of Jan Brett’s all-time bestselling Christmas classics comes to life with this deluxe package that includes a DVD featuring Brett’s gorgeous artwork paired with original music performed by the…
Every year the Easter Rabbit arrives to pick up the eggs that the rabbits have been busy decorating. The rabbit who makes most beautiful gets to help hide the eggs…
Brett’s lovable bunny hero, Hoppi, and her remarkable Easter Rabbit are sure to enchant readers as they pore over illustrations filled with dazzling eggs made by Flora Bunny, Aunt Sassyfrass…
For more than two decades, readers have loved this Christmas story, which was one of the first children’s picture books to hit the New York Times bestseller list. Now it’s…
First published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1988.
Jan Brett’s richly illustrated take on this classic tale - now in board book!
Brett’s popular winter tale–a New York Times bestseller about Gingerbread Baby’s attempts to make new friends–is now in board book. Full color.
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…
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.
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…
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…
Travel to the Arctic for an Inuit Goldilocks with an original twist. Aloo-ki glances up from fishing to see her sled dogs floating off on an ice floe. She races…
A rodeo is no place for an armadillo, but that is where Bo, the adventure-seeking, near-sighted armadillo, ends up, with hilarious results, as he is thrown off a bucking bronco…
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…
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…
The exciting and imaginative story of Kip, the Cave Boy, making his way home and his dog, Palewolf, following him. Full-color illustrations.
Brett’s bestselling snowy Goldilocks retelling is now available in this popular large, durable format. Painted in her signature style, the familiar story and depiction of playful Arctic animals and birds…
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…
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…
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.
Comet the cat uses up eight of his nine lives trying to find the right place to live on Nantucket Island.
A young boy and his mother bake a gingerbread baby that escapes from their oven and leads a crowd on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale…
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.
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…
Brett’s classic picture book is now available in this charming board book format for sharing the wonder and magic of Christmas with the youngest readers. Full color.
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…
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…
Rollo the troll is tired of chores, but after spending time on the tundra with various animal families, from owls to moose, he realizes that he wants to be home…
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.
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 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.
This lovable companion to Jan Brett’s instant New York Times bestselling winter classic, Cozy, shows that kindness and cleverness can capture a heart.
Christmas decorations and presents are disappearing. Treva follows a small creature making off with the goods, and discovers two trolls who want Christmas but don’t understand it. Full-color illustrations.
