Jean Little Books In Order

From Anna

Anna has always been the clumsy one in the family. Somehow she can never do anything right! She bumps into tables, and she can’t read the blackboard at her school. Her perfect brothers and sisters call her ‘Awkward Anna.’ When Papa announces that the family is moving from Germany to Canada, Anna’s heart sinks. How can she learn English when she can’t even read German? Nothing could be worse than this!

But when the Soldens arrive in Canada, Anna learns that there is a reason for her clumsiness. And suddenly, wonderfully, her whole world begins to change.

Listen for the Singing

As the world around her braces itself for World War II, a young Canadian girl with impaired vision prepares to begin public high school.

Emma’s Magic Winter

A new friend?When Sally moves into the house next door, Emma’s mom thinks it will beeasy for the two girls to become friends. But Emma is so shy, she can barelyeven read out loud in school. Will Emma ever make friends with her newneighbor?Emma is so shy she can barely read out loud in school, and when a new girl moves in next door, Emma isn’t sure she can make friends. But a happy coincidence leads the two to share a winter of magical make believe. And with the help of her new best friend, Emma discovers she can overcome her shynesseven at school. Beginning readers will treasure the perfect blend of engaging text and appealing pictures that celebrates of the magic of friendship.

Emma’s Yucky Brother

Emma has always wanted a little brother. Now her family is adopting Max, and Emma is sure he will be the best brother ever. But Max has his own ideas. He thinks sisters are yucky, and that Emma is the yuckiest! Is this really what having a brother is all about?

In Jean Little’s warmhearted, perceptive story about adoption, Emma learns that there is more to having a little brother than she had ever guessed — and that in order to get the brother she wants, she must first learn to be the sister he needs.

Emma’s Strange Pet

‘All good pets have fur. Only strange pets have no fur.’ Emma’s brother, Max, wants a dog. But he can’t have one because Emma is allergic to furry animals. With her birthday just a few days away, Emma decides that she would like a pet for a present. After a trip to the store, Emma finds the perfect nonfurry animal. Will Max like his sister’s strange pet too? Jean Little’s heartening and subtly insightful tale about the ever evolving relationship between siblings is underscored by Jennifer Plecas’s captivating artwork.

Look Through My Window

Mass Market Paperback, HarperCollins Canada, Limited

Kate

Mass Market Paperback, HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited

Stand in the Wind

The Winston sisters, Martha and Ellen, and the Swann sisters, Christine and Rosemary, have to spend a holiday together. When Rosemary starts being mean to Martha, Christine defends her sister. It looks as if it’s going to be a long holiday, until Martha discovers a secret about Christine.

Lost and Found

ben is apprehensive about staying over at his aunt rose’s house while his parents are away. but with the promise of a big surprise, ben reluctantly agrees to at least give it a try. only, when the surprise arrives, it is not what ben expects at all. At the door is a labrador retriever named gully. the only problem is that ben is afraid of dogs. Dogs jump at people, bite people, and even kill people! And even though gully seems friendly, ben decides he will never be friends with a dog. but when ben finds himself alone with gully in a scary situation, he starts to rethink his fear. perhaps he will be able to survive the whole weekend at Aunt rose s with gully running around after all.

His Banner Over Me

Based on the story of Jean’s mother, it describes the life of a girl growing up in Canada before World War I. It tells of difficult times not seeing her parents for years and watching her brothers go to battle. But at the end of the story Flora has faced tragedy and decided to become a doctor.

The Belonging Place

An inspiring story of self discovery. In Jean Little’s first historical novel, Elspet Mary, a young Scottish orphan, embarks on the journey of a lifetime when she emigrates with relatives to Canada in the 1840s. Her struggle to make a place for herself, not only in her adoptive family but in her new home as well, is powerful and poignant, told as only Jean Little can tell it. Jean Little is the award winning author of more than twenty books for young readers, including the novels His Banner Over Me, which Kirkus called ‘exceptional storytelling, unforced, and powerful’,and Mine for Keeps both Viking.

Willow and Twig

Willow doesn’t know what to do. Her mother has taken off again, she has to look after her brother Twig, and they’re out on the streets of Vancouver with nowhere to go. Then Willow remembers her grandmother, whom she hasn’t seen in years. Gram doesn’t even know Twig exists, and Twig is, well, difficult. But Gram is her only hope now. After a few urgent phone calls from a police station in Vancouver to Ontario, Willow and Twig are on their way across the country to a grandmother they hardly know, and a strange household made up of an eccentric uncle, a hostile aunt, and a motley crew of animals. Willow is entranced by this new home but is it really home? Are they safe at last?

Birdie for Now

Dickon wasn’t happy in his old home or his old school. He hopes that in his new neighborhood he will meet children who never knew his old, hyper self, who will like him for who he is now. And he hopes for a dog of his own. Dickon’s mother calls him Birdie. She feeds him milk from a teddy bear mug. She worries if he’s out of her sight for a moment and she knows how filthy and vicious dogs can be. Dickon is delighted to discover that the Humane Society is right on the other side of the fence behind the new house, but only by disobeying his mother will he ever get close to a real dog. 20031201

Rescue Pup

Shakespeare is a Seeing Eye puppy. But before the time comes for him to train with a blind person, he must spend six months with a girl who has never learned to love. He does all he can to teach her, but the job places him in some dangerous situations and by the end of the story he has earned the title Rescue Pup.

Forward, Shakespeare!

Seeing eye pup, Shakespeare, conquered many fears in Rescue Pup. Now he is back, about to be matched up with a blind boy, ready to begin his working life. Tim is enraged by his blindness and wants nothing to do with a guide dog. But he is no match for Shakespeare.

Once Upon a Golden Apple

Reading fairy tales on a family picnic what could be nicer?p renditions have two small children in stitches. ‘Lively…
an especially pleasant book.’ School Library Journal. Full color.

Bats About Baseball

Despairing of ever getting his baseball loving grandmother to pay attention to anything else during baseball season, Ryder thinks that she does not hear his announcement that he wants to be a mathematician when he grows up.

Pippin the Christmas Pig

Pippin the pig shows the boasting barn animals that giving of yourself is the best Christmas gift of all. Tomorrow is Christmas, and all the animals are boasting to little Pippin the pig about the important gifts their VERY great grandparents gave to the special baby that was born in a stable long ago. When Pippin wants to know what the pigs gave, the animals scoff what could a pig have given a holy child? Dejected, Pippin heads out alone into a raging snow storm. There he meets a lost mother and baby, and leads them to the warmth of the barn. And in caring for this family in need, the animals see that giving of yourself is the best Christmas gift of all.

Hey World, Here I Am!

Kate Bloomfield is back! And she’s got a lot to say about school and friends and parents, about cartwheels she can’t do them, about parsnips she won’t eat them, about being alone and being herself, about life and love…
even about Dave Nelson, who doesn’t know she’s alive. Outspoken, funny, sometimes confused but always observant, Kate is writing it all down ‘Hey World, Here I Am!‘ Notable Children’s Books of 1989 ALABest Books of 1989 SLJNotable 1989 Children’s Trade Books in Social Studies NCSS/CBCChildren’s Books of 1989 Library of Congress1989 Children’s Books NY Public Library

The Birthday Girl

Nell makes two wishes on her birthday, but the next day they show little sign of coming true. Everyone in her household is busy and wants her out from underfoot and no one is willing to help her find her lost cat. In the end she finds more than a cat and she makes her own wishes come true with the help of a row of tall, bright, smiling sunflowers. 20040408