During the summer her family moves to a home in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.Īs a child, Jan Brett decided to be an illustrator and spent many hours reading and drawing. Jan lives in a seacoast town in Massachusetts, close to where she grew up. With over thirty four million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation's foremost author illustrators of children's books. Readers will enjoy the charm and humor in the portrayal of the animals as they make room for each newcomer in the mitten and sprawl in the snow after the big sneeze.' 'Grandmother knits snow-white mittens that Nikki takes on an adventure. This book is also available in Spanish, as El mitón. Jan Brett is also the creator of such wintery classics as The Hat, The Snowy Nap, The Three Snow Bears, The Animals' Santa, and The Night Before Christmas. In her distinctive style, Jan Brett brings the animals to life with warmth and humor, and her illustrations are full of visual delights and details faithful to the Ukrainian tradition from which the story comes. Finally, a big brown bear is followed in by a tiny brown mouse and what happens next makes for a wonderfully funny climax.Īs the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader can see Nicki's snowy outing in the borders of each page. 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.

When Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing. Jan Brett’s beautiful retelling is a family favorite and the board book edition is the perfect gift for the youngest readers. In this bestselling modern classic, a young boy’s lost mitten leads to a charming snowy adventure.

The mitten board book