Jan Brett

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  • Bibliography:
    48 Books
  • First Book:
    April 1981
  • Latest Book:
    December 2024
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Multi-Author Series List

Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast (Dec-2011)

Fairytale Retellings: Cinderella

Cinders (Nov-2013)

Book List in Order: 48 titles

  • Fritz and the Beautiful Horses

    Fritz was not beautiful. He didn’t have a braided mane or a glossy coat. He couldn’t prance with long, graceful strides like the elegant horses who carried lords and lovely ladies to the city—a city that allowed only the most beauti...

  • The First Dog

    Kip the cave boy bounds along the trail home with a sack of warm and tasty Woolly Rhino ribs. If he could only get rid of pesky Paleowolf, who follows him, hoping for a taste of those delicious ribs!

    But Paleowolf's presence turns out to be useful:...

  • The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale

    When Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing.

    One by one, woodland animals find it and crawl in; first, a curious mole, then a rabbit, a badger and others, each one larger than the last. Finall...

  • The Twelve Days of Christmas

    "On the first day of Christmas My true love gave to meA partridge in a pear tree."For many centuries young and old alike have been singing about the maids a-milking, the lords a-leaping, and a partridge in a pear tree. A Christmas carol, a parlo...

  • The Wild Christmas Reindeer

    Little Teeka thought she had to be firm with the reindeer to get them ready for Santa's important flight, but when her bossy yelling only got their antlerstangled up, she knew she had to try something different."Beautifully conceived and finely wroug...

  • Berlioz the Bear

    A "Reading Rainbow" Feature TitleZum, zum, buzz.... zum, zum, buzz...What's that strange buzz coming from the double bass? Berlioz has no time to investigate, because he and his bear orchestra are due at the gala ball in the village square at eight....

  • Trouble with Trolls

    Trolls sure know how to make trouble, but Treva is too smart and wily to fall for their tricks!Treva's trouble with trolls begins when she climbs Mount Baldy with her dog Tuffi. The trolls who live there long for a dog, and they try to kidnap him. Bu...

  • Christmas Trolls

    Christmas is Treva's favorite time of the year. But this year, decorations and presents are mysteriously disappearing. When Treva follows a small creature making off with the Christmas pudding, she discovers two irresistible trolls who want to have ...

  • Town Mouse, Country Mouse

    Mice overflowing with personality and richly detailed settings make this a favorite edition of the classic tale.Jan Brett introduces two engaging mouse couples eager to get away from their everyday lives. But when they agree to swap homes, they are p...



  • Armadillo Rodeo

    When Bo spots what he thinks is a "rip-roarin', rootin'-tootin', shiny red armadillo," he knows what he has to do. Follow that armadillo! Bo leaves his mother and three brothers behind and takes off for a two-stepping, bronco-bucking adventure. Jan B...

  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears

    Jan Brett's richly illustrated take on a classic tale -- it's just right!Everybody loves the story of the curious little girl named Goldilocks, who made herself quite at home in the house of the three bears. Jan Brett's lavish illustrations for ...

  • Comet's Nine Lives

    It all begins when Comet walks away from the lighthouse close to his birthplace on Nantucket Island. He visits a garden, a bookstore, a boat, and a party, and at each place he gets into trouble and loses one of his lives. Comet starts to worry. He lo...

  • Five Lost Chicks

  • The Hat

    A delightfully original companion book to Jan Brett's bestseller The Mitten.When Lisa's woolen stocking flies off the clothesline, Hedgie finds it and pokes his nose in. He tries to pull it out, but the stocking gets stuck on his prickles -- and the...

  • Gingerbread Baby

    Jan Brett's Gingerbread Baby is not about to get eaten in this delicious twist on a favorite Christmastime tale!It all begins when Matti opens the oven too soon and out jumps a cheeky little Gingerbread Bay. He leads Matti's mother and father, the do...

  • Hedgie's Surprise

    Jan Brett's beloved character Hedgie stars in this charming story about a little Tomten who gets tired of porridge for breakfast and starts stealing Henny's eggs. But Henny wants a brood of chicks and she needs her eggs. With the help of clever Hedgi...

  • Holiday Treasury

    Celebrate the joy, beauty, and magic of Christmas with this giant treasury of Jan Brett's best-loved, bestselling books. Universally renowned for her exquisitely framed, highly detailed picture books, Brett captures the essence of winter wonderlands ...

  • Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury

    A festive treasury featuring seven of Jan Brett''s classic Christmas titles, a perfect gift that will be the center of family holidays for years to come!

    This deluxe Christmas collection is the perfect holiday gift! It includes seven of Jan B...

  • Daisy Comes Home

    A hertwarming tale from the beloved author of The MittenMei Mei has the six happiest hens in China. She gives them treats and fresh hay baths, and when she calls to them-gu gu gu gu gu!-they all run to her as fast as they can. But one of the hens, Da...



  • Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve?

    Every year, trolls knock down Kyri's door and gobble up her Christmas feast. But this year, the trolls are in for a surprise: a boy and his pet ice bear on their way to Oslo have come in from the cold. And once the ice bear is finished with the troll...

  • On Noah's Ark

    Jan Brett's intricate illustrations make a stunning picture book of a favorite story--this time featuring Noah's granddaughter. As the floodwaters rise, she helps take the animals onto the ark and get them settled down. But it's not easy when giraffe...

  • The Umbrella

    A walk through the Costa Rican cloud forest provides a wonderfully lush setting for Jan Brett's beloved animal illustrations. When Carlos drops his umbrella to climb a tree for a better view of the animals, they all cram into the banana-leaf umbrella...

  • Honey...Honey...Lion!: A Story from Africa

    The African plains provide a stunning environment for Jan Brett's latest animal adventure. 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, ...

  • Hedgie Blasts Off!

    More than anything Hedgie wants to be an astronaut and travel into space. He gets his chance the day the geyser, Big Sparkler, starts to sputter and fade, disappointing all the alien tourists, who fly to the tiny planet of Mikkop to throw coins into ...

  • The Three Snow Bears

    Jan Brett's #1 New York Times bestseller is the snowiest twist on Goldilocks and the Three Bears you could ask for!When Aloo-ki glances up from fishing and sees her sled dogs floating off on an ice floe, she races after them. She comes upon an igloo ...

  • Gingerbread Friends

    This Gingerbread Baby is looking for friends and finds an adventure he'll never forget.The Gingerbread Baby is lonely and decides to do something about it. At a bakery, he dances and prances in front of a sugar cookie girl, trying to make friends. Bu...

  • Jan Brett's Snowy Treasury

    Four of Jan Brett’s bestsellers together in a gorgeous treasury.

    Jan Brett’s fans count her “snowy” books set in irresistible winter landscapes among their favorites. Now they can own a beautiful edition containing four of her bestselling ...

  • The Easter Egg

    Jan Brett's lovable bunny hero, Hoppi, and her remarkable Easter Rabbit will enchant readers as they pore over illustrations filled with dazzling eggs made by Flora Bunny, Aunt Sassyfrass and others. If Hoppi can make the best Easter egg, he will...

  • The 3 Little Dassies

    The Three Little Pigs with a twist! In the tradition of her bestseller The Three Snow Bears, Jan Brett finds inspiration for her version of a familiar story in Namibia, where red rock mountains and vivid blue skies are home to appealing little dassie...



  • The Mitten

    When Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing.One by one, woodland animals find it and crawl in; first, a curious mole, then a rabbit, a badger and others, each one larger than the last. Finally, a big...

  • Home for Christmas

    A wild little troll runs away from home because he doesn't want to do his chores. Rollo tries living with various woodland animals, but he finds out that there is no place like home, and returns to his family just in time for "the best Christmas ever...

  • The Night Before Christmas

    Jan Brett's Christmas classic is a visual masterpiece!Jan Brett's exquisite interpretation of "The Night Before Christmas" has been a holiday classic since it was first published in 1998. Not only will readers delight in watching St. Nick delivering ...

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

    Originally published in 1989, this luminous reissue of an all-time favorite fairy tale will attract an even wider audience with its romantic new jacket and a shortened text. Exquisite illustrations of Beauty and her mysterious suitor, the Beast, ...

  • Mossy

    Who will help Mossy return home to Lilypad Pond? Mossy, an amazing turtle with a gorgeous garden growing on her shell, loses her freedom when Dr. Carolina, a biologist, takes her to live in her Edwardian museum. Visitors flock to see Mossy, but ...

  • Annie and the Wild Animals

    Annie's cat, Taffy, disappears and she is lonely. She looks for a friendly, furry pet near the woods, but a giant moose, a grumpy bear and others show up to eat her corn cakes until they are all gone. They leave, and to Annie's surprise, out of the w...

  • Cinders

    Fairytale Retellings: Cinderella

    Jan Brett sets her Cinderella story in a snowy Russian winter where one magical night, 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 sis...

  • Honey... Honey... Lion!

    The African plains provide a stunning environment for Jan Brett's latest animal adventure. 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,...

  • The Animals' Santa

    When Big Snowshoe tells Little Snow that the animals’ Santa is coming with presents for everyone, Little Snow wants to know who he is. The animals say they have never seen him. Maybe he’s a badger, a moose, a polar bear, or a wolf, they tell him...

  • The Turnip

    In a rollicking, cumulative tale, a badger family and their friends"Hedgie, Mr. Ram and Vanya, the horse"struggle to pull up a giant turnip. A cocky rooster steps in and pulls, sending him into the air, holding onto the turnip. No one knows that ...



  • Gingerbread Christmas

    Jan Brett’s beloved character the Gingerbread Baby returns in a fun-filled Christmas caper! 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 Mermaid

    A striking under-the-sea version of Goldilocks as only Jan Brett could create. When Kiniro, a young mermaid, comes upon a gorgeous house made of seashells and coral, she is so curious that she goes inside. She’s thrilled to find a just-right bre...

  • The Snowy Nap

    When winter comes, Hedgie tries to stay awake so he doesn't miss out on all the fun his friends are having. Snow is on the way, and as Hedgie trundles around the farm all his friends tell him of the winter-time fun he will miss as he hibernates--I...

  • The Tale of the Tiger Slippers

    Jan Brett reimagines a powerful Middle Eastern folk tale that celebrates hard work and appreciating your roots. Set in India, this gorgeous reimagining of the classic Middle Eastern folk tale "Abu Kassem's Slippers" features a poor tig...

  • Cozy

    A group of clever animals find an unusual but warm and furry home during Alaska's long winter in Jan Brett's newest snowy adventure. Cozy is the softest musk ox in Alaska, with the warmest fur you ever did feel. When a storm hits while he&...

  • Jan Brett's the Nutcracker

  • Cozy in Love

    This lovable companion to Jan Brett's instant New York Times bestselling winter classic, Cozy, shows that kindness and cleverness can capture a heart.After losing a test of strength to another musk ox in his herd, Cozy is convinced he’ll never...

  • Alice in a Winter Wonderland

    A striking rendition of Alice in Wonderland transported to a shimmering Alaskan tundra, in Jan Brett's rich signature style.When Alice spies a white rabbit checking his pocket watch before hippity-hopping down a crevasse in an Alaskan glacier, she kn...

  • Christmas List Book

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Award-Winning Books by Jan Brett

Gingerbread Baby
2000 Bookseller's Choice -- Picture Book
The Hat
1997 Book Sense Book of the Year Award -- ABBY Children's Winner
1998 Book Sense Book of the Year Award -- Children's
1998 Bookseller's Choice -- Picture Book
Honey...Honey...Lion!: A Story from Africa
2005 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) -- Recommended
Trouble with Trolls
1993 Black-Eyed Susan Award -- Picture Book


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jan Brett has published 48 books.

The next book by Jan Brett, Alice in a Winter Wonderland, will be published in December 2024.

The first book by Jan Brett, Fritz and the Beautiful Horses, was published in April 1981.

No. Jan Brett does not write books in series.
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