![]() ![]() She had six honorary degrees, was a Member of the Order of Canada and a recipient of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal. Little taught Children's Literature at the University of Guelph, where she was an Adjunct Professor in the Department of English. Little won literary awards for her work and has been published internationally. Her novel His Banner Over Me is based on her mother's childhood. ![]() She has subsequently written over 50 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. ![]() She went to the University of Toronto and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature.Īfter teaching disabled children for several years, Little wrote her first children's novel, Mine for Keeps, about a child with cerebral palsy. Although Little was legally blind from birth, she attended elementary and secondary school in regular classes. ![]() The Little family came home to live in Canada in 1939, moving to Guelph in 1940. Her parents were Canadian doctors serving as medical missionaries under the United Church of Canada. Little was born in Formosa, the daughter of Flora (Gauls), a doctor, and John Llewellyn Little, a physician. ![]()
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