Jean Little (1932–2020)
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A propos de l'auteur
Jean Little was born in Taiwan in 1932. She was born with a severe eye problem and is severely visually impaired. Little grew up in Ontario and graduated from the University of Toronto. A special "talking" computer assists her with her writing. She has a retired seeing-eye dog named Ritz and a new afficher plus one named Pippa, with whom she travels. Little has written more than 50 children's books. Her childhood experiences inspired her to write books about children with physical disabilities or facing personal difficulties. She won a number of awards, including a Canadian Library Association (CLA) Book of the Year Medal and a Canada Council Children's Literature Award. Little has been writing children's books for over forty years. 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. 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. Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope, won the 2001 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award. She awarded the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People in 1974 for her entire body of work. She received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal. She was named a member of the Order of Canada in 1993. Jean Little died on April 6, 2020, at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Jean Little
It's A Wonderful World 2 exemplaires
Invitations to Joy - a Celebration of Canada's Young Readers and the Books They Love (1989) 1 exemplaire
Little Songs for Little People 1 exemplaire
Rare Antique Spring Begins In March 1 exemplaire
En hund til Sally 1 exemplaire
Schneeengel 1 exemplaire
Schneeengel 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- Little, F. Jean
- Date de naissance
- 1932-01-02
- Date de décès
- 2020-04-06
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Canada
- Lieu de naissance
- Taiwan
- Lieu du décès
- Guelph, Ontario, Canada (Hospice Wellington)
- Lieux de résidence
- Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Études
- University of Toronto (BA|1955)
- Organisations
- Institute of Special Education, Salt Lake City (visiting instructor)
Florida University (visiting instructor) - Prix et distinctions
- Order of Canada
Matt Cohen Prize (2012)
Membres
Discussions
YA/Children's Book - Blackberries? and Boy who's father or mother dies à Name that Book (Juillet 2011)
Critiques
Mine for Keeps par Jean Little
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.Having read a short biography of Jean Little it would seem that there is much of her personal story contained within this novel. Write what you know makes this a powerful story even 60 years later. The main character has cerebral palsy and has to adjust to returning home to attend her neighbourhood school. This was her first published novel and indeed deserves to be read by a new generation of children. I had a hard time getting into this one but after the first few chapters it's a great read.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 69
- Aussi par
- 6
- Membres
- 5,245
- Popularité
- #4,752
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 107
- ISBN
- 285
- Langues
- 8
- Favoris
- 5
