By the time I was a fan, she was using adaptive equipment to read and write. This dream was spurred on by Jean, who was born with limited vision. Oh, and I was so impressed by Jean’s active and retired guide dogs! (This was well before my first guide dog, Lacey, came into my life.) More on Broadview: COVID-19 and the science of compassionĪt that point in my life, I dreamed of becoming an author. Unfortunately, I don’t remember what we talked about, but I remember how they both listened to me that afternoon. At the end of the week, she invited me to visit her and Jean at their farmhouse. We became friends at family camp at Five Oaks one summer that she attended with her grandchildren. I met her sister Pat first, when I was about nine.

I did not know her well, especially not as well as her family and dear friends, but I always have felt privileged to know the author of my favourite characters beyond the page. Yet, I will remember Jean for her kindness, her friendship and her wicked sense of humour. A member of the Order of Canada, an internationally renowned speaker, a recipient of six honorary degrees and the writer of at least 50 books, she was certainly accomplished. My favourite author, Jean Little, died on April 6 at the age of 88. Well, not exactly me, but children who experienced life like me - children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. He was also worried about Anna, because she was not happy, and did not like having glasses.Long before I was worried about how, when and if people with disabilities are portrayed in the media, I was the main character in children’s books. Papa though was worried about the store, and spent a lot of time there. The boys were happy with what they got and they went into their room imediatly, to discuss everything. To say it diferent, the whole family was happy being in that house. In Germany, they didn't have their own house.

Even though she was happy being in a house again, after all the traveling. Frieda was mean, telling Anna only the things she does wrong, and nothing positive about the house, or anything else. She had to help her mother clean the house, and that was a lot of work. Grethen was pretty happy, that she didn't have to share a room with Anna. She cleaned everything, that needed to be done. She was also buisy with doing the work in the house, to it organized.

Klara the mother was amazed of how huge the house was. Anna didn't feel very well, because none of her sisters wanted to share a room with her, so she got this little dark space in the hallway, which was like her room and no one was allowed to enter or distub her.

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