(Flora) Jean Little (1932-) Biography - Awards, Honors, Writings, Sidelights - Personal, Addresses, Career, Member, Adaptations, Work in Progress
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Born 1932, in T'ai-nan, Formosa (now Taiwan); Education: University of Toronto, B.A., 1955; attended Institute of Special Education; received teaching certificate from University of Utah. Religion: Christian. Hobbies and other interests: Designing and hooking rugs.
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Teacher of children with physical challenges, Canada; specialist teacher at Beechwood School for Crippled Children, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; children's writer. Visiting instructor, Institute of Special Education, and Florida University; summer camp director and leader of church youth groups; adjunct professor of children's literature, University of Guelph, 1992—.
Canadian Authors Association, Writers' Union of Canada, Authors League of America, Council for Exceptional Children, United Church Women.
Coauthors of Bats about Baseball, Claire Mackay and Jean Little
Home from Far was adapted to film and released by Beacon Films, 1984. Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird and Different Dragons were adapted as television movies by PBS Video, 1987 and 1988, respectively.
Somebody Else's Summer, a novel; Birthday Girl, for Orca (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and Custer, WA).
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Canadian Children's Book Award, American and Canadian branches of Little, Brown, 1961, for Mine for Keeps; Vicky Metcalf Award, Canadian Authors Association, 1974, for body of work inspirational to Canadian boys and girls; Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature, Canada Council, 1977, for Listen for the Singing; Children's Book Award, Canada Council,…
It's a Wonderful World (poems), privately printed, 1947. Mine for Keeps, illustrated by Lewis Parker, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1962. Home from Far, illustrated by Jerry Lazare, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1965. Spring Begins in March, illustrated by Lewis Parker, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1966. When the Pie Was Opened: Poems, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1968. Take Wing, illustrated by …
Jean Little is recognized throughout Canada and the United States for her candid and unsentimental portrayals of adolescent life. Once a teacher of handicapped children, Little herself is only partially sighted, and she uses much of her real-life experience as the basis for her books. Her characters often deal with physical disabilities, including cerebral palsy or blindness, or confront psycholog…
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