The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real.Īs a student at the Boston Museum School, she spent hours in the Museum of Fine Arts. Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I'm drawing really exists. She says, I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. During the summer her family moves to a home in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.Īs a child, Jan Brett decided to be an illustrator and spent many hours reading and drawing. Jan lives in a seacoast town in Massachusetts, close to where she grew up. The Horn BookĪbout The Author With over thirty four million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation's foremost author illustrators of children's books.

Readers will enjoy the charm and humor in the portrayal of the animals as they make room for each newcomer in the mitten and sprawl in the snow after the big sneeze.

Publishers Weekly Grandmother knits snow-white mittens that Nikki takes on an adventure. School Library Journal Readers will sit back and suspend belief and welcome this tall tale from the Ukrainian tradition. a charming lap book to be pored over again and again. Review Quotes The illustrations are exquisite. This book is also available in Spanish, as El mitón. Jan Brett is also the creator of such wintery classics as The Hat, The Snowy Nap, Three Snowy Bears, The Animal's Santa, and The Night Before Christmas. In her distinctive style, Jan Brett brings the animals to life with warmth and humor, and her illustrations are full of visual delights and details faithful to the Ukrainian tradition from which the story comes. As the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader can see Nicki in the borders of each page, walking through the woods unaware of what is going on.

Finally, a big brown bear is followed in by a tiny brown mouse and what happens next makes for a wonderfully funny climax. 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. When Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing. Jan Brett's beautiful retelling has been a family favorite for over 25 years. This striking oversized anniversary edition with a silver foil jacket and a fresh image of the woodland animals is sure to attract fans old and new as well as adult collectors of Brett's books.īook Synopsis In this bestselling modern classic, a young boy's lost mitten leads to a charming snowy adventure. About the Book Inspired by Ukrainian folk art, Brett's 'The Mitten' has become a beloved classic.

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