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. 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. 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. 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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