“When I was little, I loved books that gave me lots of detail so that I felt like I could be transported to this other place, or, in the case of an illustration, I felt like I could walk into the page.” LittlesBookFeltWalksCasesPagesDetailsIllustration Author:Jan Brett
“The books take a year just to do the drawing. I will travel to a country to do the research and get ideas. Sometimes I don't travel to do research, but mostly I do. It takes a long time, but do I ever get tired of it? Not really. The characters kind of grow and evolve.” YearsKindLongBookIdeasCountrySometimesCharacterGrowsLong TimeResearchTiredDrawingEvolve Author:Jan Brett
“A book is something that young readers can experience on their own time. They decide when to turn the page. They'll put their arm right on the page so you can't turn it because they're not ready to go to the next page yet. They just want to look at it again, or they want to read the book over and over because they really enjoy setting the pace themselves.” WantLooksBookYoungTurnsNextEnjoyReadyArmsReaderPagesSettingSettingsPaceNot Ready Author:Jan Brett
“I always feel like my book is a success when I see a child reading it, and they have their pointer finger out, and they kind of keep their place as they look all around the page. I've always been impressed by how children are so observant.” FeelsLooksKindChildrenBookReadingPagesFingersImpressedObservantPointersChildren Reading Author:Jan Brett
“A children's book is the perfect place where young readers can understand the world because they can take a deep breath and look at it and imagine and contemplate while they're looking at.” WorldLooksChildrenBookYoungPerfectImagineReaderBreathsContemplatingDeep BreathChildren's BooksTake A Deep Breath Author:Jan Brett
“When I was little I used to wish I could talk to the illustrators because I wanted to discuss something about the books. With so many of the other art forms that children experience, such as movies and television, they don't get to control the pace.” ChildrenLittlesArtBookWantedFormUsedWishTelevisionPaceIllustrators Author:Jan Brett
“I create books for six-year-olds. I don't know why that time of my life was so important to me, but no matter what I draw, it always looks like it comes from a children's book. I can't resist. I'll set out to paint a serious picture then think, "Well, maybe there would be a little bunny in that corner."” ThinkingKnowsYearsWellsLooksChildrenLittlesI CanImportantBookMatterWould BeSeriousSixDrawsNo Matter WhatPaintCornersChildren's BooksBunniesSix Year OldsTime Of My Life Author:Jan Brett
“I like to pretend that each book is my first one and last one, because it takes a tremendous amount of energy to do a book.” FirstsBookLastsEnergyAmount Author:Jan Brett
“People may think that because I have illustrated and written all these books it must be easy for me, but it's not really easy for me. The drawing part is easy - I love doing it. But continuing to move forward is hard.” PeopleThinkingMayBookHardMovingEasyWrittenDrawingMoving ForwardContinuing Author:Jan Brett
“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.” TryingBelieveWellsBookRealHelpingFeelingsMightBeautifulRememberFeltSpecialQuietPagesDetailsDrawingConvinceBeing RealImaginaryRainyRainy DayPicture BooksBeautiful Picture Author:Jan Brett
