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Jean Little

Jean Little was born in Taiwan in 1932. Her parents were both doctors. Jean grew up in Ontario and graduated from the University of Toronto. She was born with a severe eye problem and is severely visually impaired. A special "talking" computer assists her with her writing. She has a retired seeing-eye dog named Ritz and a new one named Pippa, with whom she travels. The author focuses on her experiences from the time she was a child through young adulthood in her autobiography, Little by Little, and continues her story in Stars Come Out Within. The books, which will appeal to children 10 and older, are both humorous and poignant as Jean describes living with a disability and the ridicule she sometimes experienced as a result, as well as her love for the world of reading and books. Jean's books include From Anna, Listen for the Singing, Stand In The Wind, Mama's Going To Buy You a Mockingbird, Hey World, Here I Am!, Look through My Window, Emma's Yucky Brother, The Belonging Place, and Mine For Keeps. Listen for the Singing was the Canada Council Children's Literature Award winner in 1977. Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird was the CLA Book of the Year in 1985.
Jean Little's first book, Mine for Keeps, won the Little, Brown Children's Book Award in 1962 and was republished by Viking Penguin in 1995. It tells the story of Sally Copeland, a 10 year old with cerebral palsy, and her adjustment to being home after spending several years in a special school. You'll find that several of the themes in this book appear in a number of the author's other books: dealing with a handicap and the responses of others, fitting in, and adjusting to new situations and surroundings.
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Books by Jean Little

Dans les yeux d'Anna

by (author) Jean Little
illustrated by Joan Sandin

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Mine for Keeps

Puffin Classics Edition

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

From Anna (50th Anniversary Edition)

by (author) Jean Little
foreword by Katherine Paterson
illustrated by Joan Sandin

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

A Long Way Home

by (author) Jean Little
illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3

Le long chemin

by (author) Jean Little
illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

Ages
5 to 8
Grades
k to 3

Harry's Hiccups Read-Along

by (author) Jean Little
illustrated by Joe Weissmann
read by Christian Down

Ages
3 to 5
Grades
p to k

Harry's Hiccups

by (author) Jean Little
illustrated by Joe Weissmann

Ages
3 to 5
Grades
p to k

Listen for the Singing

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
9 to 12
Grades
4 to 7

Dear Canada: Hoping for Home

Stories of Arrival

by (author) Kit Pearson, Ruby Slipperjack, Jean Little, Shelley Tanaka, Paul Yee, Irene N. Watts, Rukhsana Khan, Brian Doyle & Afua Cooper

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Pippin the Christmas Pig

by (author) Jean Little
illustrated by H. Werner Zimmermann

Ages
0
Grades
p to 3

Hand in Hand

Inspired by the real-life story of Helen Keller and Martha Washington

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
7 to 10
Grades
2 to 5

Dear Canada: Exiles from the War

The War Guest Diary of Charlotte Mary Twiss, Guelph, Ontario, 1940

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Dear Canada: A Time for Giving: Ten Tales of Christmas

by (author) Jean Little, Sarah Ellis, Ruby Slipperjack, Carol Matas, Karleen Bradford, Susan M. Aihoshi, Barbara Haworth-Attard, Janet McNaughton & Norah McClintock

Ages
9 to 12
Grades
4 to 7

Do Not Open Until Christmas

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
12 to 18
Grades
7 to 12

Dear Canada: All Fall Down

The Landslide Diary of Abby Roberts, Frank, District of Alberta, 1902

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
9 to 12
Grades
4 to 7

Mama's Going To Buy You a Mockingbird

Puffin Classics Edition

by (author) Jean Little
foreword by Kelley Armstrong

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

On a Snowy Night

by (author) Jean Little
illustrated by Brian Deines

Ages
5 to 7
Grades
k to 2

Cher Journal : Récit de Noël : N° 1 - Un Noël de réconfort

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
9 to 18
Grades
4 to 12

Cher Journal : Récit de Noël : N° 10 - Comme les doigts de la main

Dix récits choisis

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
9 to 18
Grades
4 to 12

Dear Canada Christmas Story No. 10: Like a Stack of Spoons

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Dear Canada Christmas Story No. 1: Untangling Christmas

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Cher Journal : Mes frères au front

Élisa Bates, au temps de la Première Guerre mondiale, Uxbridge, Ontario, 1916

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
9 to 18
Grades
4 to 12

Cher Journal : Si je meurs avant le jour

Fiona Macgregor, au temps de la grippe espagnole, Toronto, Ontario, 1918

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
9 to 18
Grades
4 to 12

Cher Journal : Noëls d'antan

Dix récits choisis

by (author) Vincent Massey Jr HS, Karleen Bradford, Carol Matas, Jean Little, Sarah Ellis, Perry Nodelman, Maxine Trottier & Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
illustrated by Colin Mayne

Ages
9 to 18
Grades
4 to 12

Dear Canada: If I Die Before I Wake

The Flu Epidemic Diary of Fiona Macgregor, Toronto, Ontario, 1918

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Dancing Through the Snow

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
9 to 12
Grades
4 to 7

Dear Canada: A Season for Miracles

Twelve Tales of Christmas

by (author) Jean Little, Kit Pearson, Janet Lunn, Sarah Ellis, Gillian Chan, Carol Matas, Maxine Trottier, Julie Lawson & Sharon Stewart

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Dear Canada: Brothers Far From Home

The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates, Uxbridge, Ontario, 1916

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Dear Canada: A Christmas to Remember

Tales of Comfort and Joy

by (author) Perry Nodelman, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Jean Little, Sarah Ellis, Carol Matas, Maxine Trottier, Julie Lawson & Karleen Bradford

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

From Anna

by (author) Jean Little
preface by Katherine Paterson
illustrated by Joan Sandin

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Wishes

by (author) Jean Little
illustrated by Geneviève Côté

Ages
3 to 8
Grades
p to 3

Cher Journal : Terre d'accueil, terre d'espoir

Onze récits

by (author) Marie-Andrée Clermont, Paul Yee, Irene N. Watts, Ruby Slipperjack, Afua Cooper, Brian Doyle, Rukhsana Khan, Jean Little, Shelley Tanaka & Kit Pearson

Ages
9 to 18
Grades
4 to 12

Dear Canada 10th Anniversary Collection (10 Books)

by (author) Jean Little

Dear Canada: Orphan at My Door

The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope, Guelph, Ontario, 1897

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Baby's First French Christmas

by (author) Jean Little

Mine for Keeps

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
8 to 11
Grades
3 to 6

The Sweetest One of All

by (author) Jean Little
illustrated by Marisol Sarrazin

Ages
3 to 5
Grades
p to 1

Stand in the Wind

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
10 to 18
Grades
5 to 12

Cher Journal : Le temps des réjouissances

Dix récits de Noël

by (author) Barbara Haworth-Attard, Carol Matas, Gillian Chan, Jan Andrews, Janet Lunn, Jean Little, Karleen Bradford, Kit Pearson, Maxine Trottier, Sarah Ellis & Sharon Stewart

Ages
9 to 18
Grades
4 to 12

Forward, Shakespeare!

by (author) Jean Little

Resources
Resources
Ages
9 to 12
Grades
4 to 7

Different Dragons

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
12 to 18
Grades
7 to 12

Somebody Elses Summer

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
4 to 5

Dear Canada Collector's Set #2

Brothers Far From Home/Whispers of War

by (author) Kit Pearson & Jean Little

Rescue Pup

by (author) Jean Little

Resources
Resources
Ages
9 to 12
Grades
4 to 7

The Birthday Girl

by (author) Jean Little
illustrated by June Lawrason

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3

Le Noël de Pétunia

by (author) Jean Little
illustrated by Werner Zimmermann

Dear Canada Collector's Set #1

A Prairie as Wide as the Sea/Orphan at My Door

by (author) Jean Little & Sarah Ellis

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Birdie for Now

by (author) Jean Little

Resources
Resources
Ages
9 to 12
Grades
4 to 7

Willow and Twig

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
9 to 12
Grades
4 to 7

His Banner Over Me

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
5 to 8
Grades
k to 3

One To Grow On

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
5 to 8
Grades
k to 3

Little By Little A Memoir

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Mamas Going to Buy You a Mockingbird

by (author) Jean Little

Ages
12 to 18
Grades
7 to 12

Hey World, Here I Am!-Revised

by (author) Jean Little
illustrated by Sue Truesdale

Ages
5 to 12
Grades
k to 7

Hey World, Here I Am!

by (author) Jean Little
illustrated by Sue Truesdale