Jan Brett 自小就喜歡畫畫跟寫作，所以很小就立定志願要當一個童書作家。她喜歡小動物也喜歡旅行，她的作品中有大部份都是以動物為主角。雖然故事中難免有情緒的起伏，但大體而言，她的作品跟畫風都是相當正面而樂觀的。她的作品有二十幾本書，其中有些是她自己寫跟畫的，有一些則是幫別人畫的插畫作品。目前店中蒐集了約十本，陸續蒐集中。Jan Brett, one of our most popular authors and illustrators, was born on December 1, 1949 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She achieved that status through very hard work. She went to school at Colby Junior College from 1968-1969 and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School in 1970. She writes her own books and also adapts and illustrates folktales. As an illustrator, she does the illustrations of books by other authors as well. For those of us who love her books, we can appreciate the many hours she spends in putting many details in her books. That's important to her, too. It takes her about a year to finish one book.
She wrote the book and drew the pictures. She loves animals and had many pets when she was a child. Now she puts them in her books. Most of her books have something to share about animal or nature. She also uses very old folktales from other countries in her books. Although you will find many emotions, such as sadness, in her books, she always gives a hopeful message. In illustrating her books, her trademark is using detailed borders and side panels in her pictures. ---By Susanna Elmore and Inez Ramsey |
