The 2009 Jan Brett Free School or Library Visit Contest starts today.  Who belongs to which hat?  Printout the Character and the Hat PDF pages from the 2009 Jan Brett Free School or Library Visit Contest link on this page.  Match each Jan Brett character to the hat that fits.  Color and cut out Gingerbread Baby, Hedgie, and Baby Bear and glue of tape them under the hat that is theirs.  In the spaces provided, write your first name, your teacher's or librarian's name, your library's or school's name, the library's or school's address, and the city, state, and zip or postal code.  Mail the completed artwork to Jan Brett, Box 5189, Norwell, Massachusetts 02061.  On May 11th, 2009 there will be a drawing for the Grand Prize winner and 99 other books and posters prizes.
      I've added a new set of three bookmarks for GINGERBREAD BABY.   You can download them from the "Bookmarks" section of my Activities Pages.
      Present THE HAT as a play.  You can download a set of the masks and the script for your play for the Activities Pages link on this page.  Look for The Hat Reader's Theater and the Character Masks links.
      Put the animals in THE MITTEN coloring page.   The link to this great mitten coloring project is listed under the letter P on my Activities Pages.
      Download and printout the 2009 wall calendar for next school year and get a preview of my new book GINGERBREAD FRIENDS.  The links to all of my calendars are in the Activities Pages link on this page.  Also new is the 2009 version of the Hedgehog Coloring Calendar.   You can find it in the Calendar section of my Activities Pages.     
     Also new is a How to Draw book talk for GINGERBREAD BABY.    I hope that you'll enjoy my reading and book talk notes as well as the demonstration.  The link to the new Video is on this page.
      Make a Gingerbread Friends mural.  All you need is a large sheet of mural paper about 3 feet by 6 feet and paints or crayons.  Click on the small pictures to download the full sized artwork, or click on the link below each picture for the PDF version.  Then color, cut out the images and paste to the mural.  Print as many copies as you wish.   After your mural paper is tacked up by using your copier creatively, the elements I have drawn for you can be manipulated to create variety and drama. You can find the link to the new Gingerbread Friends mural in the Murals section of this page.
     Download and printout your own greeting cards with artwork from GINGERBREAD FRIENDS.   The link to the new printable cards is on this page.