Happy
Birthday,
Jan Brett!
By [email protected]
(Leroy the
Library
Dragon -)
December 1 is
Jan
Brett's
birthday!
Jan Brett
is an amazing
author/illustrator
who has
written and
illustrated
fabulous
picture books
like The
Mitten, The
Wild
Christmas
Reindeer,
Three Snow
Bears, and
The Hat.
...
The Lowdown
from Leroy* -
http://libraryleroy.blogspot.com/
The Story of
Christmas
Music Unit
Study
By
Vegiemama(Vegiemama)
The Twelve
Days of
Christmas by
Jan Brett
The Twelve
Days of
Christmas by
Joanna Isles
The 12 Days
of Christmas:
A Pop-Up
Celebration
by Robert
Sabuda Silent
Night: A
Christmas
Carol is Born
by Maureen
Brett Hooper
...
Homeschooling
Apropos -
http://homeschoolingapropos.blogspot.com/
Rainy Days
and Saturdays
By
Linda(Linda)
Bought a
couple of
magazines and
a Jan
Brett
book on
remainder (I
love her
beautiful
illustrations!).
We also
stopped at
Michaels,
where I was
lucky to find
a pinking
shears for a
reasonable
amount of
money (thank
you,
coupon!).
...
Yet Another
Journal -
http://yetanotherjournal.blogspot.com/
December 2008
By tcns
Next we?ll
read
Gingerbread
Baby by
Jan Brett.
Of course
we?ll make
and decorate
our own
gingerbread
people,
decorate a
paper
gingerbread
house, and
make foam
gingerbread
ornaments.
Finally,
we?ll squeeze
two holidays
into one week
and ...
Trumansburg
Community
Nursery
School -
http://tcns.wordpress.com/
Holiday Cheer
By Andrea
Q(Andrea Q)
...
Birdie Advent
Calendar (or
Ornament)
from Skip to
My Lou;
Amigurumi
Turtle
(Registration
Required)
from Lion
Brand Yarn;
Make a Paper
Snowflake
Chain;
Stacked
Fabric Trees
from The
Small Object;
Traditional
Paper
Ornaments by
Jan Brett.
Thoughts from
Ms. Q -
http://thoughtsfrommsq.blogspot.com/
MEGAN AND THE
CHRISTMAS
TROLLS
By Putz(Putz)
it is curiouser
and couriouser
that people in
christmas troll
stories look
exactly like
people you
know...how is
that??? my
grandaughter
megan is here
for the
thanksgiving
holidays and
her express
person is in
jan brett's
christmas
...
Putz Blog -
http://barlowputz.blogspot.com/
7/8 happy
By Jennifer
My son is all
about Jan
Brett right
now, so these
are
particularly
exciting. And
from my expat
sister - three
of the Harry
Potter books in
their original
English. (I
thought that
joke was
hilarious, but
my husband
didn't get it.
...
As Cozy as
Spring -
http://ascozyasspring.typepad.com/as_cozy_as_spring/
saint patricks
day photo
By Odericus
Randle(Odericus
Randle)
Color Saint
Patrick's Day
Rainbow (Jan
Brett)
Color Hedgehog
Leprechaun (Jan
Brett). ...
for Honore -
Beaumont and
Galveston
County KC -
Winners both
days (new show
photo ... Happy
Saint Patricks
Day - Boris and
Sergei Nichols.
premium ...
running horses
photo -
http://dc3c54.blogspot.com/
Junketing
around the
Junction, Nov.
27
Concord Journal
- MA, USA
Featured books
include “The
Snowy Day,”
written and
illustrated by
Ezra Jack
Keats;
“Gingerbread
Friends,”
written and
illustrated by
Jan Brett;
...
Preschool
Lesson Ideas
for Ice and
Snow
By IAEC
Consultants
Snow is
appropriate for
use with
beginning
readers, as is
the repetitive,
rhyming
vocabulary of
The Jacket I
Wear in the
Snow. For very
young
preschoolers,
Jan Brett’s
beautifully
illustrated
story, The
Mitten, (Putnam
Juvenile,
1996), ...
Overseas
Educational
Consultants...
-
Video
Wednesday:
Jan Brett
By Sonja Cole
In honor of
Jan
Brett's
birthday on
December 1,
Scholastic
has compiled
this Author
Study with
lesson plans
for many of
her beloved
picture
books. Jan
Brett's
Home Page has
4691 pages of
free
activities,
coloring
pages,
projects,
games, ...
Kid Lit Kit -
http://blogs.scholastic.com/kid_lit/
Penguin
Authors
Recommend
Favorite
Books in
"What to Give
and What
...
By Penguin
Group USA
Elizabeth
Gilbert,
Khaled
Hosseini,
Geraldine
Brooks, Nick
Hornby, Jan
Karon,
Michael
Pollan,
Stuart Woods,
Mike Lupica,
Jan Brett,
WEB Griffin,
Nathaniel
Philbrick and
many other
New York
Times
bestselling,
award-winning
Penguin Group
...
Penguin Blog
(USA) -
Penguin... -
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/blogs/
Buried by
Christmas
Card Pieces
By
cpeep(cpeep)
I decided to
use the
little Jan
Brett
gingerbread
pop-ups, with
a gingerbread
baby on the
front. That
would be in
addition to
the other 100
"regular"
cards I need
to make.
They're
coming along
okay. Still
need to write
some news and
...
Extreme Cards
and
Papercrafting
- http://extremecards.blogspot.com/
Education
World Lesson
Planning
Newsletter --
Volume 10,
Issue 48
By
HowTo(HowTo)
Ele-Middle
Edits Jan
Brett,
Illinois,
frozen foods?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/animalsAtoZ.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/edit.shtml.
Vocab-ulous!
Words that
begin with N.
...
JobSearch -
http://jobsthatoffer.blogspot.com/
Library
celebrates the
season with a
variety of
activities
Leominster
Champion - MA,
USA
Enjoy "The
Mitten" by
Jan Brett,
and afterwards,
make some
mitten themed
holiday cards
at 10 am
Friday, Dec.
12. For kids
ages 4 to 7.
...
See all stories
on this topic
In the
Neighborhood
Battle Creek
Enquirer -
Battle
Creek,MI,USA
After hearing
the book
"Berlioz the
Bear" by Jan
Brett read
aloud by the
library staff,
children will
complete a
simple craft.
...
See all stories
on this topic
On a reading
safari
Old Colony
Memorial and
Plymouth
Bulletin -
Plymouth,MA,USA
By Staff
reports In her
book Honey,
Honey Lion,
Jan Brett
takes children
on an African
safari for a
lesson in
sharing. At
Federal Furnace
Elementary
School ...
See all stories
on this topic
A mixed sleigh
full of holiday
books for kids
WTOP -
Washington,DC,USA
_ "Night Before
Christmas"
($17.99, ages
4-8, Putnam),
written and
illustrated by
Jan Brett.
This is the
10th
anniversary
hardcover of
Brett's magical
...
See all stories
on this topic
Indie Bestsellers
By
All4Word(All4Word)
Gingerbread
Friends - Jan
Brett,
Putnam, $17.99,
9780399251610.
7.Twilight: The
Complete
Illustrated Movie
Companion - Mark
Cotta Vaz, Little
Brown, $16.99,
9780316043137.
8.Brava, Strega
Nona! - Tomie
dePaola, Putnam,
$29.99, ...
New Albany Books
Daily - http://nabooksdaily.blogspot.com/
Some Christmas
Books
By Kansas
Mom(Kansas Mom)
Gingerbread Baby
, illustrated by
Jan Brett
is (not
surprisingly)
beautifully
illustrated and a
lot of fun. First
Son particularly
loves the peek
into the
gingerbread house
at the end. The
Legend of the
Poinsettia and
The Night of Las
...
Our Home on the
Range - http://ourhomeontherange.blogspot.com/
'Tis the Season
By Boris the Book
Hog(Boris the
Book Hog)
Gingerbread
Friends by Jan
Brett Santa
Duck by David
Milgrim Christmas
Tree! by Wendell
and Florence
Minor Are You
Grumpy, Santa? by
Gregg and Evan
Spiridellis
Penguin's Special
Christmas Tree by
Jeannie St. John
Taylor ...
Boris the Book
Hog - http://borisbookhog.blogspot.com/
Top children's
books...for
holiday or any
time
By Frugal
Scholar(Frugal
Scholar)
The Mitten ---
Jan Brett The
Mountain That
Loved a Bird ---
Alice Mclerran
The Mountains of
Tibet Mordecai
--- Gerstein The
Mysteries of
Harris Burdick
--- Chris van
Allsburg The
Polar Express ---
Chris van
Allsburg ...
Frugal Scholar -
http://frugalscholar.blogspot.com/
Education World
Weekly Newsletter
Vol. 12 Issue 48
By HowTo(HowTo)
Ele-Middle Edits
Jan Brett,
Illinois, frozen
foods? http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/animalsAtoZ.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/edit.shtml.
Vocab-ulous!
Words that begin
with N. ...
JobSearch -
http://jobsthatoffer.blogspot.com/
Charlotte Mason
Companion
By Blair(Blair)
For example,
Elizabeth Foss
creates a lesson
based on Jan
Brett's Twas
the Night Before
Christmas book
here. You might
read the book
together and then
write down a
child's narration
of it and have
them illustrate.
...
Blair's Blessings
- http://blairandsteven.blogspot.com/
Writers on
Writing: Five
Quick Quotes
By jimmy
You just go.? ?
Jan Brett.
?You never want
to write about a
perfect person.
Look at Ramona
Quimby. She?s not
perfect ? but
it?s the failings
that remind us of
ourselves. That?s
what builds
character.? ?
Patricia Reilly
Giff.
James Preller's
Blog - http://www.jamespreller.com/
Turkey Day
Printables from
Jan Brett
By Heather
Bragdon
Do you need to
keep some young
ones busy on
Thanksgiving Day?
Print out a bunch
of these adorable
printables from
Jan Brett
in advance and
have them ready
on the kids'
table!Turkey Day
Printables from
Jan Brett.
Dover DoodleHeads
- http://noodleheads.typepad.com/dover_doodleheads/
The Mitten: A
Urkranian
Folktale by:
Jan Brett
- Illustrator
Study
By Kelli(Kelli)
This book is
being retold by
Jan Brett;
my favorite part
of this story is
you can download
a mitten and the
animals from the
story at Jan
Brett's web
site. This book
would be great to
read to your
younger students,
kindergarten to
1st ...
Kelli's Kid Lit -
http://kelliskidlit.blogspot.com/
The Mitten
By Nicole(Nicole)
The best part of
the story is the
borders that Jan
Brett is so
famous for. The
border of this
story is Nicki
wandering through
the woods with no
idea that he has
even lost his
mitten. It is
almost as if there
are two stories in
one ...
Nicole's Literature
Blog - http://nicolesliteratureblog.blogspot.com/
'Gingerbread
Friends,'
by Jan
Brett
Newsday -
Long
Island,NY,USA
BY ZACHARY
DOWNS AND
REID RUBIO
The story
line for
"Gingerbread
Friends"
by Jan
Brett
(Putnam,
$17.99) is
like the
"Gingerbread
Man"
folktale
you
probably
...
See all
stories on
this topic
WHIOtv.com
-
Dayton,OH,USA
Our
All-Time
Favorite
Children's
Books
By
Shannon(Shannon)
Gingerbread
Baby
by Jan
Brett
The
Glorious
Flight
by
Martin
and
Alice
Provensen
Handel,
Who
Knew
What
He
Liked
by MT
Anderson
Harold
and
the
Purple
Crayon
by
Ruth
Krauss
How to
Make
an
Apple
Pie
and
See
the
World
by
Marjorie
Priceman
...
Song
of My
Heart
-
http://shannon-songofmyheart.blogspot.com/
books
for
new
readers...
By
kerry
macleod
Jan
Brett's
books,
The
Mitten,
The
Hat,
Gingerbread
Baby,
and
The
Night
Before
Christmas
are
all
filled
with
velvety-rich
paintings.
Mark
Teague.
Kids
cannot
resist
dinosaurs
and
the
How Do
Dinosaurs...books
are
all
hilarious.
...
snickerdoodles
-
http://snickerdoodles.typepad.com/snickerdoodle_life/
Christmas
Mittens
By
Urban
Domestic
Goddess(Urban
Domestic
Goddess)
I got
him
three
books
(The
Snowy
Day by
Ezra
Jack
Keats,
The
Mitten
by Jan
Brett,
and
Winter
in
White
by
Robert
Sabuda),
a
children's
Nativity
set,
and a
T-shirt
from
Threadless.
Of
course,
I also
had to
knit
him
something.
...
Foxy
Knitter
-
http://foxyknitter.blogspot.com/
Adoption
Books
By
Cara(Cara)
The
Mitten
by Jan
Brett.
The
Keeping
Quilt
by
Patricia
Polacco.
The
Magic
Nesting
Doll
by
Jacqueline
Ogburn.
Babushkas
Mother
Goose
by
Patricia
Polacco.
Favorite
Russian
Fairy
Tales
by
Arthur
Ransome.
The
Littlest
Matryoshka
by
Corinne
...
My
Tori
bug -
http://mytoribug.blogspot.com/
Bring
the
children
to see
and read Jan
Brett's
books,
Gingerbread
Baby and
her new,
Gingerbread
Friends
as the
pages of
the
stories
will be
displayed
in the ...
See all
stories
on this
topic
Gingerbread
Friends
By
[email protected]
Island
Heights
Branch
Monday,
Dec. 15,
7:00 pm
Registration
required.
Call
732-270-6266
or
register
online..
Enjoy
Gingerbread
Friends
by
Jan
Brett
and
create a
gingerbread
craft.
We?ll
even
decorate
real
gingerbread
cookies
to eat!
Upcoming
Events
at Toms
River
Branch -
http://engagedpatrons.org/Events.cfm?SiteID=2161&BranchID=754,757,758,759,760,761,762,769,770,773,774
Off the
stacks -
events at
the Wilton
Library
Wilton
Villager -
CT
1 --
Jan
Brett's
Birthday
Stories
and Craft,
4 - 4:45
pm Mrs.
Keogh will
read
stories
written by
this
well-known
author and
children
will make
a craft to ...
See all
stories on
this topic
I really
wanted to
go because
of a
recent
post of
Clare's
about
Jan Brett
books. I
was really
excited to
see if
they had a
good
selection
and get
some to
read to
Anja, but
when we
got over
there we
found the
whole
Youth Room
CLOSED!
...
Blogging
it Up in
the Ghetto
- http://beanieschapini.blogspot.com/
Learn
about
Jan
Brett!
By
shortfry27
I recently
finished
and author
study on Jan
Brett.
She is an
amazing
and
inspiring
woman who
writes and
illustrates
books. Jan
takes
learning
and
reading to
a whole
new level.
You can
locate
more
information
about her
on the
right of ...
Welcome To
Ms. Weiss
World of
Teaching -
http://shortfry27.edublogs.org/
National
Children's
Book Week
By Mel(Mel)
We LOVE
Jan Brett
so she is
one, then
Eric
Carle,
Laura
Numeroff,
and AA
Milne.
Tuesday to
Friday, we
will have
an author
of the
day, and
Friday we
will pick
our very
favorite.
We will
have guest
readers (Uriah,
one of the
high
...
Mission
Munchkins
- http://missionmunchkins.blogspot.com/
The Twelve
Days of
Christmas,
board book
By
Hanafee(Hanafee)
Jan
Brett's
The Twelve
Days of
Christmas
has long
been a
holiday
favorite.
Now this
classic
picture
book is a
charming
board book
for
sharing
the wonder
and magic
of
Christmas
with the
youngest
readers.
And like
the board
book
editions ...
Best
Illustrated
Children's
Books:...
- http://bestillustrated.blogspot.com/
Mom:
Timothy,
what is your
favorite
Jan Brett
book?
Timothy: The
Hat Mom:
What do you
like about
The Hat?
Timothy: It
has a border
trim! So I
have some
work to do
on the whole
"interview"
process, but
Timothy's
pick is a
great one! ...
Experiencing
Each Moment
- http://experiencingeachmoment.blogspot.com/
.
Onslow
Lejeune
Reading
Council
By Ms.
Wilson(Ms.
Wilson)
Onslow
Lejeune
Reading
Council will
meet at
Logans
Thursday
November 20
at 5pm. We
will be
planning our
author
visit.
Hopefully
Jan Brett
can come
when she is
visiting her
daughter who
is a Marine
stationed at
Camp Lejeune. ...
Onslow Media
Specialists
- http://onslowmediaspecialists.blogspot.com/
Read_by_tree
Top 5 AR Point
Earners:
Lauren 40.4,
Molly 37.0
...
By stephanie
latimer
Jan Brett
is our author
of the month
for November
and December.
We are
enjoying her
wonderful
stories and
illustrations.
Last week we
read Hedgie's
Surprise and
Hedgie Blasts
Off! We
completed a
Venn diagram
to compare and
contrast
...
Mrs. Latimer's
and Mrs.
Black's Class
- http://garrisonmill.typepad.com/latimer/Gingerbread
Saga Continues
By
Beckyb(Beckyb)
So after
seeing Jan
Brett - of
course we had
to make our
own
gingerbread
cookies. We
had a fun
night - and it
didn't take
hours - that's
nice! We used
the recipe in
the book,
Gingerbread
Friends, and
they were SO
yummy! ...
And Chloe
Makes 6 -
http://bilbybunch.blogspot.com/Christmas
Trolls
By
Ellamama(Ellamama)
Tonight we
read Christmas
Trolls by
Jan Brett,
and I'm
recommending
very little
bit of it.
Today I have
actually
watched a
movie in
German, done
some needle
felting, made
three little
troll dolls
for the nature
table, and put
three hot
...
oya baka mama
- http://ellajohn.blogspot.com/
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