Jane Dyer facts for kids

Jane Dyer was born in 1949. She is an American author and illustrator. She has created more than fifty books for children.

Some of her famous works include the Cookies series by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. She also illustrated Lucky and Squash by Jeanne Birdsall.

About Jane Dyer

Jane Dyer grew up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Before becoming a full-time children's book illustrator, she taught. She also wrote and illustrated textbooks.

Her students and their parents encouraged her to start illustrating children's books. Jane finds inspiration in the books she read as a child. She also loves the old clothes her mother saved from her own childhood. Jane enjoyed dressing up in these clothes when she was little.

Her Art and Family

Most of Jane Dyer's children's books show scenes of family life or homes. Jane is a twin herself. She often works on books with her daughter, Brooke Dyer.

Jane also has a Tibetan Terrier dog named Scuppers. In 2015, Jane Dyer visited the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. This museum is in Amherst, Massachusetts. She read Lucky and Squash aloud there. She also talked about how she creates art for picture books.

Books Illustrated by Jane Dyer

Jane Dyer has illustrated many wonderful books. Here are some of them:

• Time for Bed (Mem Fox, 1997)
• All We Know (Linda Ashman, 2016)
• The House That's Your Home (Sally Lloyd-Jones, 2015)
• There's A Train Out for Dreamland (Frederich H. Heider, 2010), co-illustrated with Brooke Dyer
• Every Year on Your Birthday (Rose A. Lewis, 2007)
• Hurry! Hurry! Have You Heard? (Laura Krauss Melmed, 2008)
• Wee Rhymes (Jane Yolen, 2013)
• Lucky and Squash (Jeanne Birdsall, 2012)
• Santa Claus and the Three Bears (Maria Modungo, 2013), co-illustrated with Brooke Dyer
• Cookies: Bite-Size Lessons (Amy Krouse Rosenthal, 2006)
• Christmas Cookies: Bite-Size Holiday Lessons (Amy Krouse Rosenthal, 2008)
• One Smart Cookie: Bite-Size Lessons for the School Years and Beyond (Amy Krouse Rosenthal, 2010), co-illustrated with Brooke Dyer
• Move Over, Rover! (Karen Beaumont, 2006)
• Goodnight Goodnight Sleepyhead (Ruth Krauss, 2007)
• Whose Garden Is It? (Mary Ann Hoberman, 2014)
• I Love You Like Crazy Cakes (Rose A. Lewis, 2000)
• A Woman For President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull (Kathleen Krull, 2006)
• Oh My Baby, Little One (Kathi Appelt, 2006)
• Cinderella's Dress (Nancy Willard, 2003)
• Babies on the Go (Linda Ashman, 2003)
• Good Morning, Sweetie Pie, and other Poems for Little Children (Cynthia Rylant, 2001), also written by Jane Dyer
• Little Brown Bear Won't Take a Nap! (2002), also written by Jane Dyer
• Little Brown Bear Won't Go to School! (2003), also written by Jane Dyer
• Little Brown Bear and the Bundle of Joy (2005), also written by Jane Dyer
• Sophie's Masterpiece: A Spider's Tale (Eileen Spinelli, 2004)
• Blue Moon Soup: A Family Cookbook (Gary Goss, 2013)
• When Mama Comes Home Tonight (Eileen Spinelli, 1998)
• Child of Faerie, Child of Earth (Jane Yolen, 1997)
• Animal Crackers: A Delectable Collection of Pictures, Poems, and Lullabies for the Very Young (1996), also written by Jane Dyer
• Cracked Corn and Snow Ice Cream: A Family Almanac (Nancy Willard, 1997)
• The Snow Speaks (Nancy White Carlstrom, 1992)
• If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo (Mary Jean Hendrick, 1996)
• The Random House Book of Bedtime Stories (2007)
• Talking Like the Rain: A Read-To-Me Book of Poems (X.J. and Dorothy Kennedy, 2002)
• The Girl in the Golden Bower (Jane Yolen, 1994)
• Piggins (Jane Yolen, 1992)
• Picnic With Piggins (Jane Yolen, 1993)
• Piggins and the Royal Wedding (Jane Yolen, 1989)