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You pay a price for the 'gift' of an active imagination. While mine played a major part in making me a writer, it also made me adept at transforming run-of-the-mill molehills into towering mountain ranges.

Jean Little

Your only responsibility as a writer is to be true to the story that has chosen you as its writer.

Jean Little

While he has not, in my hearing, spoken the English language, he makes it perfectly plain that he understands it. And he uses his ears, tail, eyebrows, various rumbles and grunts, the slant of his great cold nose or a succession of heartrending sighs to get his meaning across.

Jean Little

Jean Little

Jean Little

Born: January 2, 1932

Died: April 6, 2020 (aged 88)

Bio: Jean Little was a Canadian writer. Her work has mainly consisted of children's literature, but she has also written two autobiographies: Little by Little and Stars Come Out Within.

Known for:

From Anna (1972)
Mine for Keeps (1962)
Hey World, Here I Am! (1986)
Orphan at My Door (2001)
Listen for the singing (1977)

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