Jean Little was born on 2 January 1932 in Taiwan to Canadian doctors working as missionaries for the United Church of Canada. Her family moved to Guelph, Ontario when she was seven years old. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 1955 with a B.A. in English and taught disabled children until her first book was published in 1962. Little was born legally blind and writes with the help of a special computer. She lives in Guelph.

Books by Jean Little

	1962 Mine for Keeps	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1965 Home From Far	Biblio.com
	1968 When the Pie was Opened: Poems	Biblio.com
	1968 Take Wing	Biblio.com
	1969 One to Grow On	Biblio.com
	1970 Look Through My Window	Biblio.com
	1971 Kate	Biblio.com
	1972 From Anna	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1975 Stand in the Wind	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1977 Listen for the Singing	Biblio.com
	1984 Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird	Biblio.com
	1984 Hey World, Here I Am!	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1985 Lost and Found	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1986 Different Dragons	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1987 Little by Little: A Writer's Education (nonfiction)	Biblio.com
	1991 Once upon a Golden Apple (with Maggie de Vries)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1991 Jess Was the Brave One	Biblio.com
	1991 Stars Come Out Within (nonfiction)	Biblio.com
	1995 His Banner Over Me	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1995 Revenge of the Small Small	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1995 Bats About Baseball (with Claire Mackay)	Biblio.com
	1995 Jenny and the Hanukkah Queen	Biblio.com
	1996 Gruntle Piggle Takes Off	Biblio.com
	1996 Spring Begins in March	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1997 The Belonging Place	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1998 Emma's Magic Winter	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1998 What Will the Robin Do Then?: Winter Tales	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1999 I Know an Old Laddie	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2000 Willow and Twig	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2001 Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2001 Emma's Yucky Brother	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2001 The Jean Little Collection	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2002 Birdie For Now	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2003 I Gave My Mom a Castle	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2003 Pippin the Christmas Pig	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2003 Emma's Strange Pet	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2003 Brothers Far From Home	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2004 The Birthday Girl	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2004 Rescue Pup	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2005 Forward, Shakespeare!	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2005 Somebody Else's Summer	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2007 Dancing Through the Snow	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2008 The Sweetest One of All	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
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Awards

• Governor General's Literary Award: Children's Literature
  • 1988 – Little By Little – Shortlisted
  • 1991 – Stars Come Out Within – Shortlisted

• Order of Canada
  • 1992 – Member

• Silver Birch Award
  • 2006 – Rescue Pup – Shortlisted

• Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
  • 1974 Winner

Added 21 May 2006.
Updated 23 March 2010.