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See below for English description. Anna vit son existence dans l'ombre. Ses freres et soeurs se moquent d'elle en raison de sa maladresse constante qu'elle ne peut ni expliquer ni controler, et elle peine a lire malgre tous ses efforts. Un jour, son pere annonce que la famille quitte l'Allemagne pour s'installer au Canada: apres la disparition de quelques voisins juifs, il pressent les consequences de l'arrivee au pouvoir des nazis. A cette annonce, le coeur d'Anna s'effondre. Comment pourra-t-elle apprendre une nouvelle langue alors qu'elle ne sait meme pas lire correctement l'allemand? Mais lorsque la famille Solden arrive au Canada, Anna apprend qu'il y a une raison a sa maladresse: sa faible vue. Et soudain, merveilleusement, tout son monde commence a changer. Surtout lorsque ses nouveaux amis, dans une classe speciale de l'ecole, l'aident a tenir tete a des brutes qui l'insultent. Ce veritable classique canadien de Jean Little a ete publie pour la premiere fois en anglais en 1972. Il s'agit d'un recit inspirant sur la perseverance face a une deficience visuelle qui s'aggrave, ecrit par quelqu'un qui a vecu cette experience. 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

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"JEAN LITTLE est l'une des auteures emerites les plus aimees au pays. Elle a ecrit plus de 50 livres qui ont ete traduits en 20 langues. Parmi ceux-ci figurent certains des ouvrages pour enfants les plus populaires au Canada, tels que Maman va t'acheter un moqueur, Mine for Keeps et Dans les yeux d'Anna. Jean a aussi signe plusieurs livres de la collection Cher Journal. Membre de l'Ordre du Canada pour sa contribution exceptionnelle a la litterature canadienne pour enfants, elle a recu de nombreux prix nationaux et internationaux. Jean nous a malheureusement quittes en 2020. JEAN LITTLE has been called ""a Canadian treasure."" She wrote more than fifty books including some of Canada's best-loved children's books, such as From Anna (Dans les yeux d'Anna), Listen for the Singing, Mine for Keeps, Orphan at my Door (Ma soeur orpheline), and Pippin the Christmas Pig (Le Noel de Petunia). Many of her books feature children who are orphaned, have a disability, or face other challenges. Jean's books have been translated into a dozen languages and have won many awards, including a Canadian Library Association Book of the Year award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Canada Council Literature Prize, and the Boston Globe Horn-Book Honor Book Award. She was honoured with the Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal and the Order of Canada and was nominated for the international Astrid Lindgren Award eight times. Jean died in 2020. JOAN SANDIN est nee au Wisconsin, elle a grandi a Tucson, en Arizona, et elle a vecu 15 ans a Stockholm, en Suede. Elle a toujours aime dessiner et elle a illustre son premier livre - une histoire ecrite par son grand frere Tom - a l'age de cinq ans. Joan a trois enfants et plus d'une dizaine de petits-enfants, et elle a publie plus de 100 livres en anglais et en suedois. Elle est de retour en Arizona, ou elle continue d'illustrer, d'ecrire et de traduire des livres pour enfants. JOAN SANDIN was born in Wisconsin, grew up in Tucson, Arizona, and lived in Stockholm, Sweden for 15 years. She always loved to draw, and illustrated her first book -- a story written by her big brother Tom -- when she was five. Joan has three children, more than a dozen grandchildren, and more than 100 published books in English and in Swedish. She now lives Arizona again, where she continues to illustrate, write, and translate children's books."

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