Jan Brett

When Lisa hangs her woolen clothes in the sun to air them out for winter,the hedgehog, to the amusement of the other animals, ends up wearing a stocking on his head.

Daisy, an unhappy hen in China, floats down the river in a basket and has an adventure.

Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes.

A young boy and his mother bake a gingerbread baby that escapes from their oven and leads a crowd on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale about a not-so-clever gingerbread man.

Lonely Gingerbread Baby, having set out to find a friend, enters a bakery where he tries to talk to different cookies and other figures, but winds up leading a crowd back to his house on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale.

A boy from Finnmark and his ice bear help scare away some hungry trolls so that Kyri and her father can enjoy their Christmas Eve meal.

Badger Girl is delighted to find the biggest turnip she has ever seen growing in her vegetable garden, but when the time comes to harvest the giant root, she is unable to pull it up without help from family and friends.

A retelling of a folktale about how a pair of magical slippers always find their way back to the tiger whose mother made them for him. Set in India, this gorgeous reimagining of the classic Middle Eastern folk tale "Abu Kassem's Slippers" features a poor tiger cub who is a very hard worker. His mother weaves him slippers to protect his feet from stones and thorns, and they allowed him to prosper--first making bricks, then building houses, and eventually...

Collects four wintery picture books by Jan Brett, including "The Gingerbread Baby," "The Mitten," "The Hat," and "The Three Snow Bears."

Fritz, a pony excluded from the group of beautiful horses within the walled city, becomes a hero when he rescues the children of the city.