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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  rosie.billings | Dec 3, 2009 |  Carlos goes into the cloud forest to look for animals, but he manages to miss seeing them, even though they have an adventure with his umbrella. hgcslibrary | Nov 29, 2009 | A boy goes with his umbrella into the jungle to see some animals. He leaves his umbrella and climbs a tree for a better look. While he is climbing the tree all the animals he wants to see climb into his umbrella. They are gone by the time he gets back though. skpuckett | Nov 15, 2009 | “The Umbrella” by Jan Brett is about a little boy named Carlos who goes into the cloud forest to find some animals with his umbrella. He does not see any so he climbs to the top of a tree leaving his umbrella on the ground. While his umbrella is on the ground many different animals climb into it. There are so many animals that they make it topple over, and they all fall out. Carlos comes down from the tree and never gets to see any of these animals except for the frog. Jan Brett is a bestselling children’s author and illustrator. In 2005, she was awarded the Boston Public Library’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Her books are known for having a variety of colors and detailed depictions of animals and human cultures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Bret... afstimpson | Nov 12, 2009 | When Carlos drops his umbrella to climb a tree for a better view of the animals, they all cram into the banana-leaf umbrella as it floats by--from the little tree frog to the baby tapir to the big jaguar and more. It gets so crowded in the umbrella that there isn't even enough room for a little hummingbird! So over the umbrella tumbles, everyone falls out, and poor Carlos comes back wondering why he didn't see any animals all day. soccergirlbhd | Nov 12, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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Fun Facts about Jan Brett
Each book begins with the art first.Jan likes to listen to audiobooks while drawing--usually thrillers!Each book takes about a year to complete.The pages of each book are not created in sequence (she saves the front materials and endpapers for last).Each book is carefully researched--she created The Umbrella after a trip with her husband to Costa Rica.Jan prefers to use her memories of a place to create her art, rather than relying on pictures.
For Young Writers and Artists
Tips from Jan Brett
Want a reality check on your artwork? View your work in a mirror.Be honest with yourself, and get comfortable with personal and private writing. Write in a notebook that no one sees but you.Remember the things that happen to you now. It's okay to feel things strongly as a kid. You can use your emotions as part of the recipe for something later.
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The story is a really funny and a great read for children. The illustrations are gorgeous and the hidden animals in the first two pages foreshadow what is about to happen in the following pages.