Jean Little, one of North America s most respected and beloved children s authors was born in Taiwan in 1932.Graduating from the University of Toronto with honours in English, she embarked on a distinguished career, teaching children with special needs, before turning her attention to children s books. Jean Little s first book, Take Wing, was published in 1968. Favorites among her other books include From Anna, Mine for Keeps, Willow & Twig, Take Wing, Kate, and Look Through My Window, among others. Jean Little is the recipient of the Vicky Metcalfe Award for Literature for Young People, the Matt Cohen Award, The Canada Council Literature Prize, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Order of Canada, the Boston Globe Horn Book Honor Award, and the Queen s Diamond Jubilee Medal. She lives in Guelph, Ontario, with her nephew, and several dogs."