Little passed away on Apat the age of 88, in Guelph. She continued to write through the aid of a talking computer and traveled with her Seeing Eye dog Honey. of his outstanding achievements within the sport, Sea The Stars is the first. Little resided in Guelph, Ontario with her sister Pat, her great-niece Jeanie, and her great-nephew Ben. Launched in 2021, the Hall of Fame sets out to immortalise the modern. Stars Come Out WithinStars Come Out Within Jean Little / Viking Pr. She was also a recipient of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal. A daughter of Canadian medical missionaries, Jean was born with a severe eye problem. Little gave the 2016 Margaret Lawrence Lecture at the Canadian Writers Summit in June. In March 2004, she went to India and in November 2006 to Bulgaria. She has journeyed widely talking to both adults and children themselves about the joys to be found through reading and writing. She has six honorary degrees and was a Member of the Order of Canada. Quill & Quire, November, 1990, review of Stars Come Out Within, p. Little has taught Children's Literature at the University of Guelph, where she was an Adjunct Professor in the Department of English. Jean Little is recognized throughout Canada and the United States for her candid and unsentimental portrayals of adolescent life. Little has won literary awards for her work and has been published internationally. Her novel, His Banner Over Me, was based on her mother's childhood. She has subsequently written numerous published works, which include novels, picture books, poetry, short stories, and two autobiographical books. It won the Little, Brown Canadian Children’s Book Award and was published in 1962. Little has been partially blind since birth as a result of scars on her cornea and is frequently accompanied by a guide dog.Īfter teaching disabled children for several years, Little wrote her first children’s novel, Mine for Keeps, about a child with cerebral palsy. The Little family returned to Canada in 1939 and settled in Guelph, Ontario. Little was born in Taiwan to Canadian doctors working as medical missionaries in 1932. Jean Little Authors Corner: Novels Birdie for Now Listen for the Singing (2002).

Stars Come Out Within by Jean Little