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Bestselling children's book author and illustrator Jan Brett was born on December 1, 1949. She decided to be an illustrator when she was a child and is known for her detailed and carefully-researched work. Brett grew up in New England and attended the Boston Museum School. Her books have received much acclaim by publications including Newsweek, The New Yorker, Parents magazine, Redbook, and Publishers Weekly. In 2005 Brett earned the Boston Public Library's Lifetime Achievement Award. Her book Three Little Dassies was published in 2010 and made the New York Times bestseller list. Other of her works that have made the New York Times best seller list are: Home for Christmas 2011, Mossy 2012, Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella., 2014 The Animal's Santa. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Mitten… (more)
The Mitten 8,601 copies, 231 reviews
The Hat 4,846 copies, 102 reviews
Gingerbread Baby 2,972 copies, 40 reviews
Town Mouse, Country Mouse 2,799 copies, 54 reviews
The Umbrella 2,306 copies, 60 reviews
The Wild Christmas Reindeer 2,213 copies, 32 reviews
Berlioz the Bear 2,008 copies, 28 reviews
The Three Snow Bears 2,001 copies, 54 reviews
Hedgie's Surprise 1,906 copies, 33 reviews
Annie and the Wild Animals 1,896 copies, 35 reviews
Goldilocks and the Three Bears 1,760 copies, 68 reviews
Honey... Honey... Lion! 1,720 copies, 31 reviews
On Noah's Ark 1,667 copies, 32 reviews
Armadillo Rodeo 1,652 copies, 36 reviews
Trouble with Trolls 1,597 copies, 44 reviews
Daisy Comes Home 1,570 copies, 57 reviews
Comet's nine lives 1,325 copies, 40 reviews
Gingerbread Friends 1,302 copies, 36 reviews
Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? 1,258 copies, 29 reviews
The Twelve Days of Christmas 1,167 copies, 7 reviews
Christmas Trolls 1,111 copies, 20 reviews
The First Dog 1,042 copies, 26 reviews
Hedgie Loves to Read 1,025 copies, 6 reviews
Fritz and the Beautiful Horses 996 copies, 14 reviews
The Easter Egg 991 copies, 20 reviews
Beauty and the Beast 695 copies, 25 reviews
Hedgie Blasts Off! 580 copies, 33 reviews
Home for Christmas 540 copies, 11 reviews
The 3 Little Dassies 451 copies, 43 reviews
Mossy 410 copies, 48 reviews
The Animals' Santa 366 copies, 11 reviews
Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury 338 copies, 7 reviews
Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella 334 copies, 8 reviews
The Snowy Nap 314 copies, 2 reviews
Gingerbread Christmas 273 copies, 4 reviews
The Turnip 177 copies, 7 reviews
The Mermaid 150 copies, 4 reviews
Cozy 129 copies, 1 review
Jan Brett's Snowy Treasury 111 copies, 1 review
Jan Brett's The Nutcracker 95 copies, 2 reviews
The tale of the tiger slippers 61 copies, 4 reviews
Cozy in Love 24 copies
Hat, the 1 copy
The Night Before Christmas (Jan Brett) (Illustrator) 2,008 copies, 25 reviews
The Owl and the Pussycat (Illustrator) 1,409 copies, 15 reviews
The Valentine Bears (Illustrator) 1,295 copies, 9 reviews
St. Patrick's Day in the Morning (Illustrator) 916 copies, 13 reviews
The Mother's Day Mice (Illustrator) 815 copies, 10 reviews
Scary, Scary Halloween (Illustrator) 661 copies, 20 reviews
Eskimo Boy: Life in an Inupiaq Village (some editions) 204 copies, 4 reviews
Happy Birthday, Dear Duck (Illustrator) 170 copies, 5 reviews
The Enchanted Book: A Tale from Krakow (Illustrator) 44 copies, 1 review
The Secret Clocks: Time Senses of Living Things (Illustrator) 30 copies, 1 review
Young Melvin and Bulger (Illustrator) 26 copies
In the Castle of Cats (Illustrator) 13 copies
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