fritz and the beautiful horses by jan brett

'I'm delighted and surprised when fragments of these beautiful images come back to me in my painting.' '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. The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real.'Īs a student at the Boston Museum School, she spent hours in the Museum of Fine Arts.

Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I'm drawing really exists. She says, 'I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. 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 seven million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the USA's foremost author illustrators of children's books. He earned a special place for himself in the walled city just as he'll earn a special place in every reader's heart.

He proved to the citizens that there are things more important than being beautiful. The citizens laughed at the short-legged pony's attempts to be like their own horses.īut Fritz was dependable and hard-working. He couldn't prance with long, graceful strides like the elegant horses who carried lords and lovely ladies to the city-a city that allowed only the most beautiful horses within its walls. He didn't have a braided mane or a glossy coat. Jan Brett's full-color artwork sparkles in intricate detail across every page of this exceptional picture book about Fritz, a sure-footed pony who finally gets the chance to shine in his own best way.įritz was not beautiful.

Fritz and the beautiful horses by jan brett