Books by Jan Brett
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review 1: I thought the political overtones were a little overt, and that's coming from someone who agrees with them. However, children might not notice and leaving nature alone is definitely a good thing to be teaching them. That said, the pictures are stunning, and the primary reason I w...
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review 1: The illustrations for this picture book are gorgeous, detailed, magical, and inspiring. The narrative is sweet and cooperative, very positive, very gentle. I loved the maze-like quality of the rabbit "village"; also, each rabbit has a different kind of costume. This book is a ric...
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review 1: The Gingerbread Baby misses Mattie when the boy goes out to play with friends, so he decides to sneak into the village and finds friends of his own. He tries all the baked people (and swans) in the bakery, but none will speak to him, let alone be his friend. Baby is feeling lonel...
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review 1: From January through March 2014, my preschool classroom engaged in a fractured fairytale unit as a unifying theme for our larger multidisciplinary curriculum. Engaging both traditional and fractured versions of the three little pigs story allowed our classroom community to explo...
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review 1: I was so excited to see that Jan Brett had a new holiday book out for children this fall. She is such a talented author/illustrator. This book looked so cute, I even pre-ordered it.In this story it's the first Christmas Eve for "Little Snow", and his older brother, "Big Snowsho...