Jan Brett

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  • Bibliography:
    47 Books
  • First Book:
    April 1981
  • Latest Book:
    November 2022
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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: 47 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

    A centuries-old favorite holiday carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" was one of the first to celebrate the secular tradition of gift-giving. This sumptuously illustrated version features not only the gifts of a suitor to his true love but a loving ...

  • The Wild Christmas Reindeer

    For two decades, readers have loved this classic Christmas story, which was one of the first children's books to hit the New York Times bestseller list. Now, this beautiful 20th anniversary edition, with a foil cover and a heartfelt note from Jan her...

  • Berlioz the Bear

    A "Reading Rainbow" Feature Title

    Zum, 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 s...

  • Trouble with Trolls

    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. But Treva is brave and quick-thinking. She outwits one troll after another until she reaches the ...

  • Christmas Trolls

    Christmas is Treva's favorite time of year, especially the preparations -- finding the perfect tree, decorating the house, and making presents for her family. But this year is different. Small things are disappearing, then some of the presents themse...

  • Town Mouse, Country Mouse

    The classic tale of a town mouse and a country mouse takes on a new dimension in the imaginative and talented hands of Jan Brett. She introduces two engaging mouse couples eager to get away from their everyday lives. But when they agree to swap homes...



  • Armadillo Rodeo

    Most armadillos are happy scratching sand and eating, but Bo longs for adventure. And adventure Bo gets, the day Harmony Jean breaks in her brand-new chili-pepper-red cowboy boots by the banks of Can Creek.

    Peering out across the creek bed, Bo...

  • 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 ...

  • Comet's Nine Lives

    Like all cats, Comet knew he had been born with nine lives. But he'd never thought much about it until the day he lost life number one in a flower garden on Nantucket. He'd spent lazy days wandering all over the island, not calling any one place home...

  • 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 -- ...

  • Gingerbread Baby

    Remember how the Gingerbread Boy is eaten by the fox? Well, not this Gingerbread Baby in a delicious twist to a favorite old tale.

    It all begins when Matti opens the oven too soon and out jumps a cheeky little Gingerbread Bay. He leads Matti's moth...

  • 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

    Mei-Mei had the six happiest hens in China. She gave them treats and fresh hay baths, and when she called to them-gu gu gu gu gu!-they all ran to her as fast as they could. But one of the hens, Daisy, was not always so happy. The other hens picked on...



  • 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 against a beautiful papyrus background 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 settle...

  • 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

    Aloo-ki glances up from fishing and sees her sled dogs floating off on an ice floe. She races after them and comes upon an igloo. Being a curious girl, she goes inside only to find no one home. That's because the polar bear family who lives there is ...

  • Gingerbread Friends

    That popular little character is back looking for friends, in an adventure he'll never forget.

    Confident and cocky, the Gingerbread Baby happens upon a bakery, where he dances and prances in front of a sugar cookie girl, trying to make friends. But...

  • 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, ...

  • 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 and includes a DVD to savor!

    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 ...

  • 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...

  • 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 47 books.

Jan Brett does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Cozy in Love, was published in November 2022.

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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