Jean Little
(Canada)
Jean Little, a renowned Canadian children's author who has written more
than 25 books and has won numerous awards. This includes a Canada Council
Children's Literature Award and the Canadian Library Association (CLA)
Book of the Year Medal.
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. Some of 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, who is blind, will delight youngsters with stories that are both
humorous and poignant. Many are autobiographical in nature, dealing with
a disability, the responses of others, fitting in and adjusting to new
situations and surroundings.
As part of Abilities Arts Festival 2005, Jean Little told stories for
children and youth at the festival's "In Celebration of Children and Youth."
