I was delighted to hear that Jan Brett was the December Author for the Virtual Book Club for Kids. We adore Jan Brett! Here are a couple winter-themed favorites of ours, along with activities from this blog you can use to accompany them!
Christmas Trolls is a delightful story about two little trolls who just want to celebrate Christmas. This book is the perfect read to go along with my ornaments to color and sew post.
Make some fleece bears using white fleece to go along with The Three Snow Bears – an Inuit retelling of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story! Or keep the bears brown, to go along with Jan Brett’s more classic version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, or Berlioz the Bear. If your child is old enough to sew, you can cut the bears out of felt and they can sew them themselves! For a no-sew activity, try our felt dress-up bears!
Do you have a favorite Jan Brett book? Check out the links below for more of her books, and activities to go with them!
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I do love her books! :)
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MaryAnne Reply:
December 28th, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Aren’t the illustrations amazing?
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I need to find the 3 Snow Bears sometime, I love her books too!
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MaryAnne Reply:
December 28th, 2012 at 6:33 pm
You’ll love it – it’s a super cute story!
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We read quite a few Brett books in December, but I didn’t master my energy for any activities. By the way, the linky doesn’t show up in your post for some reason…
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MaryAnne Reply:
December 28th, 2012 at 9:40 pm
Thanks for letting me know, Natalie! I must have accidentally deleted it somehow – it was there originallly. I’ve put it back in.
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We love Jan Brett too! Mama read me The Mitten when I was a child. Just a few days ago, she was reading the Christmas books and our newest: Gingerbread Friends, to her grandbabies!
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MaryAnne Reply:
December 31st, 2012 at 9:08 pm
I’ll have to look for that new book!
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Oh, the felt dress up bears are a fabulous idea!
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Just added Three Snow Bear to my list! :)
Visit Nina … Grab our FREE Best of SSBE 2012 PDF
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I lover her books and one of her books was featured during the Boston Pops Kids Holiday Concert!
Visit PragmaticMom … Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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MaryAnne Reply:
December 31st, 2012 at 9:07 pm
How cool! I believe her husband plays for the BSO?
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This makes me feel all wintry. :)
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Jan Brett is great for winter, hopefully I will be back with something for Gingerbread baby!
Visit Ann … Snow
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MaryAnne Reply:
December 31st, 2012 at 9:04 pm
I love your Gingerbread Baby post!
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I’ve never heard of Jan Brett but these books sound great!
Visit Jen … a look back at 2012
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MaryAnne Reply:
December 31st, 2012 at 9:03 pm
I think you would love her books! Gorgeous illustrations.
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Jan Brett is one of my favorite authors and we own many of her books!
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MaryAnne Reply:
January 4th, 2013 at 9:31 pm
Her illustrations are incredible!
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Dressing up bears sounds like a lot of fun! Thank you for linking up. I will be sharing this post on the Read.Explore.Learn. page on Facebook on Tuesday.
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MaryAnne Reply:
January 5th, 2013 at 7:12 pm
Thank you!
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