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. As the drips collect inside it, a series of animals tumbles in: Froggy, Toucan, Kinkajou, Baby Tapir, Quetzal, and-finally-Monkey, who tosses the umbrella into the river, where it starts to sink.Indeed, Brett surpasses herself in this handsomely designed and beautifully executed appreciation of so different a setting.'- Kirkus ReviewsĪbout the Author With over thirty four million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation's foremost author illustrators of children's books. When the only sounds he hears are the drips from the tall trees, he climbs up a giant fig tree to see better, dropping his umbrella upside down on the ground. 'Carlos makes an umbrella from shiny, green fronds to go into the cloud forest, hoping to see many animals. With its classic story, exotic jungle setting, and brilliantly colorful menagerie, The Umbrella is sure to take its place among Jan's many family favorites. In the spirit of Jan Brett's The Mitten and The Hat, this cheerful tale of escalation will have readers poring over every illustration for the world of details Jan packs in. It gets so crowded in the umbrella that there isn't even enough room for a little hummingbird! So over the umbrella tumbles, everyone falls out, and poor Carlos comes back wondering why he didn't see any animals all day.

When Carlos drops his umbrella to climb a tree for a better view of the animals, they all cram into the banana-leaf umbrella as it floats by-from the little tree frog to the baby tapir to the big jaguar and more.

Full color.īook Synopsis A walk through the Costa Rican cloud forest provides a wonderfully lush setting for Jan Brett's beloved animal illustrations. About the Book This tropical companion to Brett's bestselling 'The Mitten' is a walk through the Costa Rican cloud forest-a cheerful tale of escalation that will have readers poring over every illustration.

The Umbrella by Jan Brett