Jan Andrews was born in 1942 in Sussex, England and immigrated to Canada in 1963, becoming a citizen in 1971. She was inspired to begin writing after being awed by the vast prairies of central Canada. Some of her notable children's books include Fresh Fish...and Chips, Ella, an Elephant/Ella, un elephant, and The Very Last First Time. Andrews works as a writer, storyteller, and editor, drawing from her background and experiences living in both England and Canada.

1. Jan Andrews
Author Study

2. Jan Andrews was born in Sussex, England in
1942; immigrated to Canada in 1963, and
became a Canadian citizen in 1971.

3. "Most of my writing seems to be very firmly rooted in some
place or another," Andrews once explained to SATA. "I
often wonder whether, if I had not come to North
America, I would ever have started writing at all. There is
something about the way of the land—its vastness and
strength, the space of it—that speaks to me very
deeply."-Jan Andrews

4. All About Jan Andrews
*Born in 1942 in Sussex, England
*Immigrated to Canada in 1963; became a
Canadian citien in 1971
*1963- University of Reading, B.A.(with honors)
*1969- University of Saskatchewan, M.A.
(English)
*1975- attended Carson Grove Language
Centre
*Hobbies: canoeing, kayaking, cross-country
skiing, gardening, rock climbing
*Careers: writer, storyteller, and editor.

5. All About Jan Andrews cont.
Jan Andrews was first awed by the vast prairies of central
Canada, she became inspired by the stories she created
for her own children to begin writing and researching.
Andrews' first children's book, Fresh Fish ... and Chips,
was published in 1973, followed by the bilingual Ella, an
Elephant/Ella, un elephant. Beginning in the mid-1970s,
she began working independently as a writer and has
also taught and organized workshops focusing on
children's literature. Her career as a storyteller with a
particular focus on traditional folk material and epic
began in 1986.

6. Very Last First Time
This is a story about Eva, who lives in
ISBN: 978-0888990433 an Inuit village in northern
Canada. In the winter, people
search along the bottom of the
seabed beneath a thick shelf of
ice for mussels to eat. Eva usually
helps her mother, but for the first
time, she’s going to go by herself.
She soon gathers a pan full of
mussels. But then, her candle
goes out, and the tide threatens to
return! When she is finally safe
with her mother, Eva proclaims,
“That was my very last first time
walking alone on the bottom of
the sea.”
This book won the Children's Choice
Picture Book Award in 1989.

7. When Apples Grew Noses and
White Horses Flew
In these three imaginative stories,
ISBN: 978-0888999528 Jan Andrews introduces us to
Quebec’s traditional folktale hero,
Ti-Jean. He’s an endearing
character who is both wise and
foolish, and though he does find
himself in hard situations (often of
his own making), in the end, he
somehow manages to do what
needs to be done. In “Ti-Jean and
the Princess of Tomboso” he
eventually outwits a greedy
princess; in “Ti-Jean the Marble
Player” he gets the best of a pint-
sized scoundrel; and in “How Ti-
Jean Became a Fiddler” he turns
the tables on a too-clever-for-her-
own-good seigneur’s daughter,
and finds true love in the process.

8. Out of the Everywhere: New
Tales for Canada
In this dramatically illustrated book,
ISBN: 978-0888994028 master storyteller Jan Andrews
takes folk tales from old cultures
and retells them in new ways for
modern audiences. Transformed
tales from the motherland include:
“Pinkoya’s Child,” from Chile, now
set on the coast of North America;
“Little Daughter of the Snow,”
from Russia, now set on the
prairie; and “Pradeep and the
Princess Labam,” from India, now
set in a New World forest. “Ng’s
cool, brooding full-page paintings
have an intense presence that
enhances the stories’ exotic
flavor, and the overall design is
elegant.

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10. Bibliography
Andrews, J., & Wallace, I. (2005). Very last first time.
Groundwood Books.
Andrews, J., & Donnelly, L. (1973). Fresh fish..and chips.
Toronto,Ontario,Canada: Canadian Women's Educational
Press.
Andrews, J., & Bonn, P. (1976). Ella, an elephant/ella an un
elephant . Montreal,Quebec, Canada: Tundra Books.
Andrews, J., & Lafave, K. (1990). Pumpkin time. Toronto,
Ontario, Canada: Groundwood Books.
Andrews, J., & Jolliffe, S. (2005). The twelve days of summer.
Custer, WA: Orca Book.
Andrews, J., & Petricie, D. (2011). When apples grew noses and
white horses flew tales of ti-jean. Toronto: Groundwood
Books.

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