![]() ![]() The Ottawa Public Library has her books in print format, as well as e-Book and e-Audio. Jean Little won numerous literary awards and accolades and was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1993. If I Die Before I Wake: The Flu Epidemic Diary of Fiona Macgregor. She also wrote several picture books, including Harry’s Hiccups her last one, Maya and the Monarch will be published in 2021. If you were a Canadian child in the early-mid 2000s then you probably saw the Dear. ![]() She worked with Scholastic Canada as a writer of the Dear Canada historical series, and her book Orphan at My Door – the Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope won the CLA Book of the Year for children in 2001. Jean’s books included the novels Mine for Keeps, about a girl with cerebral palsy, and Mama’s Going to Buy You a Mockingbird, about a boy dealing with both family grief and new friends. Her unforgettable characters and stories resonated with many readers. She was most noted for her children’s books, many which touched on issues dealing with physical disabilities or emotional challenges. Graduating from university with a degree in English literature, Jean became a teacher, and then a writer of fiction, biography and poetry. Over the years, she had other vision issues, resulting in her becoming legally blind. The daughter of medical missionaries, Jean was born with damaged corneas. ![]() ![]() 6, 2020, the well-beloved Canadian children’s author Jean Little died, aged 88. ![]()
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