New Releases by Jean Little

See below for English description. Anna vit son existence dans l’ombre. Ses frères et sœurs se moquent d’elle en raison de sa maladresse constante qu’elle ne peut ni expliquer ni contrôler, et elle peine à lire malgré tous ses efforts. Un jour, son père annonce que la famille quitte l’Allemagne pour s’installer au Canada : après la disparition de quelques voisins juifs, il pressent les conséquences de l’arrivée au pouvoir des nazis. À cette annonce, le coeur d’Anna s’effondre. Comment pourra-t-elle apprendre une nouvelle langue alors qu’elle ne sait même pas lire correctement l’allemand? Mais lorsque la famille Solden arrive au Canada, Anna apprend qu’il y a une raison à sa maladresse : sa faible vue. Et soudain, merveilleusement, tout son monde commence à changer. Surtout lorsque ses nouveaux amis, dans une classe spéciale de l’école, l’aident à tenir tête à des brutes qui l’insultent. Ce véritable classique canadien de Jean Little a été publié pour la première fois en anglais en 1972. Il s’agit d’un récit inspirant sur la persévérance face à une déficience visuelle qui s’aggrave, écrit par quelqu’un qui a vécu cette expérience. A beloved Canadian favourite is available again with a fresh new cover and classic interior illustrations for its 50th anniversary. Anna lives life in the shadows. Her siblings tease her for a constant clumsiness that she cannot explain or control, and she struggles to read despite her best efforts. When Papa announces that the family is moving from Germany to Canada — after the disappearance of some Jewish neighbours, he can see what the Nazis'' rise to power will bring — Anna''s heart sinks. How can she learn English when she can''t even read German properly? But when the Soldens arrive in Canada, Anna learns that there is a reason for her clumsiness: her failing eyesight. Suddenly, wonderfully, her whole world begins to change. Especially when her new friends in a special class at school help her stand up to some bullies who call her names. This true Canadian classic by Jean Little was first published in English in 1972 and is an inspiring tale of persevering in the face of worsening visual impairment written by someone with lived experience. Original title: From Anna

Away at school, Sally Copeland has always dreamed of going home, but now that she’s there, she feels frightened and unsure of herself.Will her brother and sister accept her? Will she be able to do things for herself? And what will it be like to go to a regular school and be the only one with cerebral palsy?

A warm story about friendship and migration from the incomparable Jean Little. Jane and Maya are very different. Maya is a quiet girl and a refugee, new to this country, while chatty and outgoing Jane has lived in the same place her whole life. The girls become instant friends. When they learn about endangered species in school, they decide to do their own small part to help by supporting migrating monarch butterflies. Together they plant a milkweed garden to feed and shelter the tiny creatures, then watch in amazement as a monarch hatches and grows before leaving on the long journey to Mexico. After all the butterflies have departed, Maya shares her own migration story -- her family''s long journey to Canada. Maya wishes the monarchs safety in their new home too. In her heartwarming final story, Jean Little weaves a simple tale of childhood curiosity into larger themes of immigration, friendship and the wonder of the natural world. A true gift of a story from a Canadian treasure.

See below for English description. Jane est très bavarde. Maya aime écouter. Malgré leurs nombreuses différences, une amitié se développe rapidement entre les deux jeunes filles. À l''école, elles apprennent que certaines créatures vivantes sont en train de disparaître de la planète. Jane est très triste et, avec Maya, elle veut aider les animaux en voie de disparition. Son grand-père a une idée qui va inspirer les jeunes filles à agir pour que les choses changent... Les deux amies vont alors découvrir qu''elles ont plus de points communs qu''elles ne l''imaginaient. Écrit par l''auteure à succès Jean Little, Le long chemin est une émouvante histoire d''amitié et de persévérance. Maya and Jane are nothing alike. Jane is a chatterbox and Maya is a good listener, so a fast friendship comes as no surprise. When the girls learn about the planet''s disappearing monarch butterflies one day at school, Jane becomes very sad. She wants to help the endangered animals, and so does Maya. When Jane''s grandfather proposes an idea, the girls are inspired to make a change. Setting out on a journey to make a difference, the two friends end up learning more about each other than they expect. From celebrated author Jean Little, Le long chemin is a touching story about friendship, perseverance, and flourishing against all odds. Original title: Long Way Home

Vietnamese edition of the sequel to ''From Anna, award winning book for teen from a Canadian author.

Harry tries and tries to get rid of his hiccups. He tries drinking a glass of water upside down, he tries putting an ice-cold key down his back, he gleefully tries eating a spoonful of sugar. But nothing works! In this charming picture book, written by children''s literature legend Jean Little and illustrated by award-winning illustrator Joe Weissmann, Harry is afflicted with a case of the hopeless hiccups. It''s not until Harry has a surprise encounter with a different sort of neighbor that it seems like Harry might finally get some relief...hiccup, hiccup...

The bestselling, award-winning picture book is now available in board book! On a stormy winter night in the barn, a donkey, sheep and cow recall the important contributions their ancestors made the night Jesus was born. Pippin the pig''s ancestors were NOT at the manger, so when Pippin asks, "But what did the pigs do?" she is told, "Pippin, face it. Pigs have nothing worthy to offer." But after Pippin runs away from the unwelcoming barn, she saves the day when a young mother wandering with her baby gets lost in a snowstorm and needs help and shelter. This sturdy board book edition has been revised for the younger set, while keeping the soul of the story, and gently teaching readers that everyone has something to offer.

Inspired by the real-life story of Helen Keller and the servant girl Martha Washington! How did Helen Keller manage before Annie Sullivan came to teach her language? This fictionalized story of two very different girls in the South, two decades after the Civil War, builds on the mentions of Martha Washington in Keller''s autobiography and reimagines their relationship. Martha, Helen''s constant companion, is the cook''s daughter -- a black girl, just a few years older, and the person who best understood Helen''s attempts at communication. Charged with keeping the unruly younger girl occupied and out of trouble, Martha is sometimes bullied, sometimes a co-conspirator, and often Helen''s rescuer. She is with Helen as Annie teaches her words and language, even on the miraculous day when Helen understands that the water running over one hand, and the word W-A-T-E-R that is being spelled into the other, are connected -- the event that freed Helen to communicate with the wider world. When Jean Little revisited Keller''s The Story of My Life, she became fascinated with the few mentions of Martha and wondered what it might have been like to be in Martha''s place and to be given the difficult task of minding Helen -- a girl so different, in a position of privilege and yet dependent on her. Could the two girls forge a friendship? Jean Little''s fascination with that personal dynamic has evolved into a remarkable story of two girls navigating through the world, Hand in Hand.

When a frightened girl and boy arrive on the Twiss family''s doorstep to escape the Blitz, Charlotte wonders how she will keep her war guests from missing their parents back home, or from cowering every time a plane flies overhead. Though the war is being waged across the Atlantic, Charlotte begins to feel its danger, as her brother George defies their parents and enlists in the Navy. After months of receiving letters from overseas, suddenly there is no word from him — has the unthinkable happened and George''s ship been sunk by a German submarine? Charlotte Twiss''s diary shows her innermost feelings about her life on the Canadian homefront, as she helps her war guests "settle in" and wonders whether her brother is safe from harm.

Featuring stories from nine outstanding Canadian authors, this anthology is the perfect Christmas gift for Dear Canada readers, both old and new! A Time for Giving includes ten tales of Christmas, following the most recent Dear Canada diarists "the Christmas after" their diary ends. Johanna Leary is reunited with her brother after they were separated at Grosse-Île; Mary Kobayashi spends a second Christmas at a Japanese internment camp; Rose Rabinowitz finds some surprising challenges in her new country, and many more! A Special Gift is a story from Ojibwe writer Ruby Slipperjack to preview her upcoming Dear Canada (coming in Fall 2016!), set the winter before the diarist is sent to Residential School. Contributors include Jean Little (Exiles from the War and All Fall Down), Barbara Haworth- Attard (To Stand on My Own), Sarah Ellis (That Fatal Night), Susan Aihoshi (Torn Apart), Norah McClintock (A Sea of Sorrows), Karleen Bradford (A Country of Our Own), Janet McNaughton (Flame and Ashes), Carol Matas (Pieces of the Past), and Ruby Slipperjack.

Celebrate the love between mother and child in this new board book edition of the sweetest story of all! One by one, baby animals are born on the farm. Frolicking barnyard babies put smiles of love on their mothers'' faces, and each time a new animal is born, another mother yearns for one of her very own. When a new human mom shows off her own baby, it''s the sweetest one of all . . . because it''s her very own. A warm-hearted story with gently humorous rhymes, this sturdy board book is the perfect gift for a new baby''s bookshelf.

"Alors qu''une brebis se présente à son agneau et lui explique qui il est, la vache émet le désir d''avoir, elle aussi, un petit mouton. Mais la brebis la corrige et lui suggère de plutôt vouloir un veau. Suivent tour à tour les animaux de la ferme désirant un petit de l''espèce présentée précédemment, à qui on suggère toujours plutôt une progéniture de leur catégorie."--SDM.

A young girl survives the deadliest natural disaster in Canadian history -- but a family secret could call into question everything she thought she knew about her life before the tragedy. After her father dies, Abby and her family move west to live with relatives who run a hotel in the mining town of Frank, Alberta. Abby keeps busy helping out at the hotel, being chief caregiver to her little brother with Down Syndrome, and learning Morse code at the telegraph office. When the devastating Frank Slide buries much of the town, Abby must do all she can to help. But a long-buried family secret emerged just before the disaster -- and now she will have to wait for the dust to settle before getting the answers she so desperately wants. Inspired by two of her own relatives, one who helped run a telegraph office in the late 1800s and another who shares Abby''s story (and her family secret), Jean Little crafts a compelling story rich with emotion and historical detail.

"L''album narre l''histoire de Rose la lapine apprivoisée, que son petit maître Raphaël oublie involontairement dehors alors qu''il répond à une demande de sa mère. C''est qu''il a voulu lui montrer ce qu''était une bonne bordée de neige fraîchement tombée et l''a laissée là quand sa mère l''a appelé. Des animaux sont alors venus au secours de la lapine en lui fournissant une mitaine égarée pour se réchauffer, une carotte, prise sur un bonhomme de neige, pour s''alimenter et des encouragements, pour sortir du trou où elle était empêtrée. Elle rejoint alors la porte de son foyer, où Raphaël l''a retrouve honteux d''avoir failli la perdre en cette veillée de Noël."--SDM.

I was asked by my son John and daughter Jan to fill in some of the gaps in the history of the family. So a few years ago I started to tell the story as I perceived it from my point of view. Often I had to stop, because parts of it took me back and I experienced the feelings I had then. Some of the secrets I learnt later in life, other secrets are still uncovered. Would they have made any difference if I had known what they were? I do not know . This seemed an appropriate time to have my family history and my story published as I am 85 and just retired from my business.

A holiday treat for fans of the Dear Canada series, and all lovers of historical fiction! Share in the excitement leading up to Christmas morning. During the euphoria towards the end of World War I, a different enemy stalked the land, killing by the hundreds and thousands. First Fee''s twin Fanny, then her older sister Jemma, caught the dreaded Spanish Flu. Fee''s family struggled to pick up the pieces, to put the War behind them, to face an even deadlier enemy. But finally, there is bright spot on the Macgregor family''s horizon. This short story was originally published in Dear Canada: A Christmas to Remember, a collection featuring many of Canada''s top writers for children, including Sarah Ellis, Maxine Trottier, Carol Matas, and more. New readers will adore this stand-alone holiday tale, while fans of the series will recognize the voice of Fee, whom they first met in the award-winning Dear Canada book If I Die Before I Wake. Collect all 12 Dear Canada Christmas stories this season and enjoy a very happy holiday!

A holiday treat for fans of the Dear Canada series, and all lovers of historical fiction! See how love brings this family even closer together at Christmastime. Eliza''s brothers both enlisted to fight in World War I. On the Home Front there were coal shortages, rationing, heart-stopping news of soldiers missing or dead. While praying for her brothers'' safe return, and longing for her very own friend, Eliza''s greatest comfort was the warmth of her exuberant and loving family. But Christmas Day 1919 brings a new challenge. This short story was originally published in Dear Canada: A Christmas to Remember, a collection featuring many of Canada''s top writers for children, including Sarah Ellis, Karleen Bradford, Carol Matas, and more. New readers will adore this stand-alone holiday tale, while fans of the series will recognize the voice of Eliza, whom they first met in the award-winning Dear Canada book Brothers Far from Home. Collect all 12 Dear Canada Christmas stories this season and enjoy a very happy holiday!

Les dix récits rassemblés dans ce roman relatent les événements qui sont survenus durant la période des fêtes, après que les héroïnes des romans de la collection Cher Journal eurent terminé d''écrire leur journal intime. Il n''est toutefois pas nécessaire d''avoir lu les autres livres de la collection ou de connaître les héroïnes pour comprendre et apprécier les récits du présent ouvrage.

Il y a près de deux ans déjà que Hugo, le frère d''élisa, est parti à la guerre. Alors que la majorité de la population affiche un enthousiasme débordant face à la participation du Canada au conflit, ses parents, eux, restent de glace. Lorsque le second frère d''élisa traverse l''océan lui aussi, la jeune fille s''inquiète et prie pour que les deux soldats lui reviennent sains et saufs. Si seulement elle pouvait se confier à quelqu''un...

Les dix récits rassemblés dans ce roman relatent les événements qui sont survenus durant la période des fêtes, après que les héroïnes des romans de la collection Cher Journal eurent terminé d''écrire leur journal intime. Il n''est toutefois pas nécessaire d''avoir lu les autres livres de la collection ou de connaître les héroïnes pour comprendre et apprécier les récits du présent ouvrage.

Jean Little''s poignant novel about an abandoned girl, and the dog who helps teach her how to trust again. Ten-year-old Min has had a long history of foster care since she was abandoned at age three. Now, let go by yet another foster family, Min continues to build a protective wall around herself. Her newest caregiver, a former Children''s Aid doctor, sees past Min''s hardened shell and tries to find a way to reach her...and does, finally, by taking in a sick, neglected dog that has escaped from a puppy mill. While watching the dog recover and open its heart to its new owners, Min comes out of her own shell. Readers will rejoice as Min opens her heart and allows herself to be a part of a loving family, to make friends and to finally stand up to the taunts of a bully, whose hurtful words have contributed to her lack of self-esteem.

Fee uses her diary to record all of her fears when the Spanish Flu rages through Toronto. It comforts her when she almost loses her twin sister, and when it actually takes their older sister Jemma.

With more than 200,000 books in print, Dear Canda has fast become the historical fiction series for young girls. Jean Little''s latest addition is the diary of a young girl observing her world change as war rages thousands of miles away. It has been two long years since Eliza''s beloved older brother, Hugo, went away to war. Caught up in his enthusiasm, she couldn''t understand her parent''s less-than enthusiastic reaction. Now that her other brother Jack has also enlisted, she yearns for the safe return of both brothers. If only she had a friend that she could talk to about her feelings....

A wonderful seasonal anthology for Dear Canada readers, both old and new! A real treat for fans of this series, and all lovers of historical fiction! Eleven stories that each revisit a favourite character from books in the Dear Canada series are included in this special collection. These are completely original tales that stand alone as heartwarming Christmas stories, but also serve as a lovely "next chapter" to their original books. Each story is written by one of Canada''s top award-winning writers for children, including Jean Little, Sarah Ellis, Maxine Trottier, Carol Matas and more. This collection is a lovely companion to A Season of Miracles, and will be treasured year after year at holiday time!

Twelve original holiday stories from the top children''s writers in the country! What an incredible gift book for Dear Canada fans! The twelve stories in this treasury are set around Christmas time and feature the young girls from a dozen previous Dear Canada books. Readers will be thrilled to reconnect with their favourites and get a glimpse of each character''s life a year or so after the events in the actual diary are over. Anyone new to the Dear Canada series will be introduced to characters so compelling, they''ll want to read more.

Make a wish and the sky''s the limit in this delightful rhyming story from the incomparable Jean Little. If wishes were ice cream, our cones would be doubles.If wishes were soapsuds, we''d blow shining bubbles. In this charming new picture book, children and their wild imaginations take centre stage! In a true celebration of wishers and dreamers, Jean Little entertains readers with bouncy rhymes depicting kids'' favourite wishes -- from puppies to pancakes; and sundaes to snowflakes. Governor General''s award-winning Canadian illustrator Geneviève Côté infuses each page with her inventive illustrations, literally turning each spread into a carnival of fun! If wishes were stories, there would only be one -- this one!

Celebrating 10 years of Dear Canada. Through the years. Across the country. Make history your own. In honour of Dear Canada''s 10th Anniversary, this gorgeous 10 book collection features Canadian readers'' 10 favourite books over the years - including the brand new Dear Canada: That Fatal Night The Titanic Diary of Dorothy Wilton. Included in the collection: Dear Canada: A Desperate Road to Freedom Dear Canada: No Safe Harbour Dear Canada: Exiles from the War Dear Canda: If I Die Before I Wake Dear Canada: Not a Nickel to Spare Dear Canada: Days of Toil and Tears Dear Canada: Orphan at My Door Dear Canada: Blood upon Our Land Dear Canada: Turned Away Dear Canada: That Fatal Night

Through the diary of 10-year-old Victoria Cope, we learn about the arrival of ragged Mary Anna, one of the thousands of impoverished British children who were sent to Canada at the beginning of the century. Mary Anna joins the Cope family as a servant and is treated well, but she has to cope with the initial apprehension of the family members and the loss of her brother, Jasper, who was placed with another family. Victoria vows to help Mary Anna find her brother, so they can be a family once again.

One by one, the baby animals are born on the farm, each making another barnyard mother yearn for a baby of her own. A warm-hearted, gently humorous story about a mother''s love.