![]() She has six honorary degrees and is a Member of the Order of Canada. She has taught Children's Literature at the University of Guelph where she is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of English. She has won literary awards for her work and has been published internationally. She has also written a novel about her mother’s childhood called, His Banner Over Me. She has written novels, picture books, poetry, short stories, and two autobiographical books. ![]() Since then, Jean has had 44 other books published. It won the Little, Brown Canadian Children’s Book Award and was published in 1962. She went to the University of Toronto and got her BA in English Language and Literature.Īfter teaching disabled children for several years, Jean Little wrote her first children’s novel, Mine for Keeps, about a child with cerebral palsy. Although Jean was legally blind from birth, she attended elementary and secondary school in regular classes. ![]() The Little family came home to live in Canada in 1939, moving to Guelph in 1940. Her parents were Canadian doctors serving as medical missionaries under the United Church of Canada. ![]()
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