![]() Janet has received the prestigious Texas Bluebonnet Award twice. She is particularly proud of her state book awards, voted on by children - which include Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Nebraska and Washington. Janet's books have been named ALA Notables and have repeatedly appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List. Janet has received numerous book awards, including a Caldecott Honor Award, Time Magazine’s Ten Best Children’s Books, the Wanda Gág Best Read-Aloud Book. Her trademark humorous animals also accompany the texts by such authors as Eric Kimmel and Coleen Salley, Janet is the author and illustrator of many original stories and frequently collaborates with her sister, Susan Stevens Crummel. Luckily for libraries (and children's book readers in general), publishers agreed and her first book was published in 1979. In 1977, she attended “The Illustrator's Workshop” in New York City, where it was suggested that her characters might find a home in a children's book. Everything depends on the Time In Find The Cow we need to find a cow in each of the 25 levels as fast as possible because our score is based on the time we take to find it. After she graduated from the University of Colorado in 1975 with a degree in Fine Arts Janet began compiling a portfolio of “characters”, bears in tutus, rhinos in sneakers, and walruses in Hawaiian shirts. The printed fabric was then made into aloha shirts and muumuus. To get to the portal, you need to have The three items: Leg, Wirt, and the Blacksmith. Janet’s father was in the Navy therefore she moved a great deal and attended many schools while growing up.Īfter graduating from high school in Hawaii in 1971 she landed a job creating Hawaiian designs for fabric. The portal to the cow level can be found in the ruins of Tristram. While this didn't always sit well with her teachers, it was what she loved to do. ![]() Pictures decorated her walls, mirrors, furniture and school work - including math assignments.
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