Hoppi, the lovable bunny hero, and her remarkable Easter Rabbit will enchant readers as they pore over illustrations of dazzling eggs made by Flora Bunny, Aunt Sassyfrass and other adorable characters.
With over forty million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the
nation's foremost author illustrators of children's books. Jan
lives in a seacoast town in Massachusetts, close to where she grew
up. During the summer her family moves to a home in the Berkshire
Hills of Massachusetts.As a child, Jan Brett decided to be an
illustrator and spent many hours reading and drawing. She says, "I
remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could
enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. Now I try to
recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I'm
drawing really exists. The detail in my work helps to convince me,
and I hope others as well, that such places might be real."
As a student at the Boston Museum School, she spent hours in the
Museum of Fine Arts. "It was overwhelming to see the room-size
landscapes and towering stone sculptures, and then moments later to
refocus on delicately embroidered kimonos and ancient porcelain,"
she says. "I'm delighted and surprised when fragments of these
beautiful images come back to me in my painting."
Travel is also a constant inspiration. Together with her husband,
Joe Hearne, who is a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Jan
visits many different countries where she researches the
architecture and costumes that appear in her work. "From cave
paintings to Norwegian sleighs, to Japanese gardens, I study the
traditions of the many countries I visit and use them as a starting
point for my children's books."
"Brett's finely detailed watercolor and gouache art is a
showstopper, spotlighting lifelike--though nattily clad--rabbits. .
. . Borders of twigs, pussy willows, daffodils, and ferns add
greatly to the warm, visually sumptuous setting of this gentle
spring story."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Intricately colored spreads follow a dizzying variety of rabbits
as they prepare for Easter morning. . . Hidden details in the busy
scenes invite close study, like a framing device of pussy willows
that suddenly blossom into a dozen more floppy-eared bunnies, who
hop away."--The New York Times Book Review
"Brett's large watercolors include a few visual puns and lots of
woodland detail. . . A satisfying, gentle tale whose text and
images can be enjoyed multiple times over."--Booklist
"Brett's story offers substance to the somewhat slim mythology on
the world of the Easter Bunny . . . . the generous helpings of
softly furry bunnies will certainly appeal to fans of the small and
fuzzy."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Whimsical, fanciful, detailed, gentle and colorful."--The Dallas
Morning News
"Predicted to become as popular as [Jan's] classic The
Mitten."--The Winston-Salem Journal
"Jan Brett never ceases to amaze. . . . Intricate drawings paired
with a sweet and relatable story will hold young readers' attention
time and time again. If you purchase just one book for Easter this
year, The Easter Egg should be it."--Deseret News
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