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Review of the Middle-Grade Novel Worth by Alexandria LaFaye (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, 2004)

Author: Janet Ruth Heller April 18, 2019

This historical novel set in the 1800s poses a challenging question: how much is a child worth when differently abled or orphaned? Eleven-year-old Nathaniel “Nate” Peale helps his parents Gabriel and Mary Eva to farm their land in Nebraska. He…
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Good Books for 1-Year-Old Boys

Author: Janet Ruth Heller March 14, 2019

Janet Ruth Heller’s picture book about bullying, How the Moon Regained Her Shape (Arbordale, 2006; 4th edition 2016), is mentioned in the article “Books a 1-Year-Old Boy Would Enjoy to Read.” The author is Jacob Jacobowitz, and the article is…
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Janet Ruth Heller Speaks about “Keys to Reading & Analyzing Nonfiction” for the Michigan Reading Association Conference on March 9, 2019, in Grand Rapids MI

Author: Janet Ruth Heller December 20, 2018

Janet Ruth Heller, Ph.D. will be speaking about “Keys to Reading and Analyzing Nonfiction” for the Michigan Reading Association Conference at the DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday, March 9, 2019. She will do her presentation…
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