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11 reviews
Jean Little

HarperTrophy, 1973

From Anna -- what can I say? The best book ever!
When I went to my public library a couple of days ago, I never imagined that I would come across two of the best books ever written by a very talented author. 'From Anna' and 'Listen for the Singing' touched me deeply, in a way that no other book has had the ability to do. Although it's language is simple and the style is nothing too out of the ordinary, Jean Little was able to use easy words ...

Emma's Magic Winter (I Can Read Book 3)

1 review
Jean Little

HarperTrophy, 2000

Very sweet book
My five-year-old daughter, like the title character in this book, is named Emma and tends to be on the shy side. So I think it has been very fun and enjoyable for her to read this book about a shy little girl who finally has the courage to talk to the new girl who moves into her neighborhood. It's a very sweet book about how the two girls become friends...we definitely plan on reading the ...

Little by Little: A Writer's Education (Puffin Story Books)

9 reviews
Jean Little

Puffin, 1991

Little by Little
I really enjoyed this book because it was obviously a stuggle for Jean Little, but she still kept on going. She had many goals in her life and most of them was to do something in order to be normal. I think the most important parts of the story is when she gets her different pieces of writing published and actually gets money for it. She has loved books ever since she grew up. I noticed that ...

Different Dragons

1 review
Jean Little

Puffin, 2007

Good Book
Different Dragons by Jean Little was a very good book. This easy read was about a boy named Ben who has to visit his Aunt Rose for a while. Ben is afraid of a lot of things, people, new places and dogs. Ben really hates dogs. Aunt Rose surpises Ben with a big dog. Ben is very scared of the nice dog. I won't tell you the ending. The only thing I didn't like about this book was that at some points ...

Mine for Keeps

7 reviews
Jean Little

Puffin Books, 1996

A REAL TREASURE! I WISH I COULD RATE IT MORE STARS!
This is truly the best book featuring a character with cerebral palsy. Sarah (Sally) is the central character in this story. At 9, she has attended a school for children with physical challenges for the past five years. The Canadian province she lives in has no such school, so her parents arrange to have her admitted to the school in America. Finally, a rehab center opens in her town. ...

Emma's Strange Pet (I Can Read Book 3)

1 review
Jean Little

HarperTrophy, 2004

Fantastic for early readers!
Categorized as "An I Can Read Book" EMMA'S STRANGE PET is perfect for readers in grades 1st and up. Max wants a puppy like his friend Josh, but his sister Emma is allergic to animals with fur. All seems lost until Emma tells her parents that she too wants a pet. So for her birthday they take her and her brother, Max, to the pet store where she adopts a lizard they name "Stranger." Max relates ...

Emma's Yucky Brother (I Can Read Book 3)

3 reviews
Jean Little

HarperTrophy, 2002

A Great Book
As a prospective adoptive family it is wonderful to finally have access to a book for our older children (ages five and eleven) that describes the adoption of a younger child from the perspective of the older sibling. The brother and sister in the story get off to a rocky start but gradually bond, helping young readers to understand that the integration of the new sibling into the family may not ...

Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope (Dear Canada)

8 reviews
Jean Little

Scholastic Canada, 2001

One of my favorite Dear Canada books.
This book is one of the Dear Canada series, which are historical novels, written in diary format, about fictional girls during different periods of Canadian history. Victoria Cope, who lives in the town of Guelph, Ontario, begins her diary on her eleventh birthday. Because her mother is unwell, her father decides the family will take in a Home Child, an orphan from England, to help with the ...

Hey World, Here I Am! (Harper Trophy Book)

10 reviews
Jean Little

HarperTrophy, 1990

Childhood nostalgia that stands the test of time
I was about eight years old when my mom first brought this book home for me. I was so thrilled because I shared the name of the character in the book, Kate. I absolutely devoured the book, enjoying it more for the humor Jean Little displays impeccably in her writing, and the utter appropriateness of Sue Truedell's wonderful illustrations. Later, when I was a teenager, I went back and read the ...

Take Wing
Jean Little

Little Brown & Co (Juv), 1968

Home from Far

8 reviews
Jean Little

Little Brown & Co (Juv), 1965

Home from Far...
This was one of Jean Little's really creative books. I thoroughly enjoyed her book! Jenny's younger brother was killed in a car accident, and Jenny has to come to grips with the fact that is gone. The car that had killed Michael, had thrown Jenny and her friend into the snowbank. Her mother and younger brothers were injured, but Michael was the only one who actually succumbed to his injuries. ...

Once upon a Golden Apple (Picture Puffins)

1 review
Jean Little, Maggie De Vries

Puffin, 1994

Once Upon A Golden Apple
This is a delightful imagination book for preschoolers and early grades. Great for read-aloud to groups as well as one on one. Kids can help tell the story along with the reader. I have used it with approximately 85 classes a year for the last 7 years. We have lots of fun with it.

Jean Little Collection
Jean Little

Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 2001

Pippin The Christmas Pig
Jean Little, Werner Zimmermann, 2004

Jess Was the Brave One (A Picture Puffin)
Jean Little

Puffin, 1995

Mamas Going to Buy You a Mockingbird

5 reviews
Jean Little

Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 2005

Masterpiece
I was assighned to read this book for school reasons a few years ago and I absolutly fell in love with it. This story is about a boy who has to endure the pain of whatching his father slowly die of cancer. They were best buds, watched birds and hung out like best freinds, but for past years he has to whatch his father die, then has to deal with the aftermath of his actual death. He has to deal ...

Bats about Baseball
Jean Little, Claire Mackay

Viking Juvenile, 1995

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