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Janet's Nephew JasonJanet's fist book Animal Fair is a story about a young boy being taken to the Animal Fair by a friendly Panda. When Janet was drawing that book (1980), her nephew Jason was just the right age. Here he is being woken up by the Panda.
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The Decision ProcessSometimes many pictures are needed to explore ideas for a single picture or for a few pictures. Janet used many pictures of herself for From Pictures to Words
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Understanding CharactersWhen Janet got the manuscript for To Market, To Market she knew she needed a special character to be the woman. She called her friend Coleen Salley, a famous storyteller and children's book expert from New Orleans, and asked for help. Coleen was perfect!
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Ted as a Grandmother?Sometimes Janet just needs to see people in a position to work out some early ideas. In this case her husband (and webmaster) Ted plays the part of the grandmother from The Gates of the Wind. The young girl in that book is Janet's daughter Linze
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Character PositionsEveryone gets to pose in many positions while Janet is working on the early part of a book. Here Linze tries out a few positions for the last page of The Gates of the Wind
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Even Objects Get in the ActJanet needed a messy kitchen for To Market, To Market. She decided just to mess up her own while she took pictures.
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The Very Old FatherWe know Janet draws things around the house in her books. She also draws people she knows. Here her father poses as Noah for How The Manx Cat Lost It's Tail.
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A Cow on the CouchIn To Market, To Market the Cow disappears. What Coleen, the woman in the story, doesn't know is that the Cow went to take a nap on the couch. As you can see in this picture, the cow had a had time fitting on this couch in Janet's Living Room! How many different positions did the Cow try?
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