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Janet Ruth Heller will speak & autograph her books for children at the conference of the Michigan Association for Media in Education at the Delta Hotel in Kalamazoo on Thursday, October 14, 2021

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:October 8, 2021
Post category:Books

Janet Ruth Heller will speak and autograph her books for children at the conference of the Michigan Association for Media in Education at the Delta Hotel in Kalamazoo on Thursday, October 14 from 2:05 p.m. to 3:35 p.m. She will discuss her school visits and creative writing workshops with media specialists from different Michigan schools. She will sign copies of her award-winning fiction picture book about bullying, How the Moon Regained Her Shape (Arbordale, 2006; 6th edition 2018) and The Passover Surprise (Fictive Press, 2015, 2016), a middle-grade fiction chapter book for children. Heller’s website is https://www.janetruthheller.com/ #picturebooks #chapterbooks #schoolvisits #schools #literatureforchildren #childrensbooks #MichiganAssociationforMediainEducation #bullying #bullyingawareness #autographing #creativewriting #workshops Cover of How the Moon Regained Her Shape by Janet Ruth Heller; artwork by Ben Hodson

Review of The Passover Surprise in The Mommies Review

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:July 23, 2021
Post category:Book Review Book Reviews Books Bullying Chapter Book Children's Literature

The Mommies Review just published a review of my middle-grade fiction chapter book The Passover Surprise. The link to this review is http://www.themommiesreviews.com/backtoschoolgiftguide-the-passover-surprise . Glenda, Charlie, and David Cates, a Texas family, write the reviews. The Passover Surprise is based on my experiences growing up as the oldest of five children. Lisa and her little brother Jon enjoy collecting stamps. But when their father holds a contest to decide which child will get a new large stamp album, Lisa has to solve a difficult problem. This chapter book takes place around 1960 and includes details about Jewish soldiers’ experiences during World War II and early stages of the Civil Rights Movement. The Passover Surprise (Fictive Press, 2016) also portrays a Jewish family celebrating Sabbath and Passover. Parents and teachers can use the Discussion Guide to discuss issues raised in this book, such as sibling rivalry, bullying, discrimination, and Jewish traditions, with their children and students. #books #chapterbook #fiction #review #backtoschool2021 Cover of The Passover Surprise by Janet Ruth Heller; Artwork by Ronald Kauffman

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I love books by British writers P. D. James, Seamus Heaney, S. T. Coleridge, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, W. B. Yeats;

American writers Judy Blume, Edna St. Vincent Millay, T. S. Eliot, Maxine Kumin, Jim Daniels, Mong-Lan, Robert Hayden, Langston Hughes, Naomi Shihab Nye, Alberto Ríos, Gail B. Griffin, Jerry Spinelli, Jane Yolen, Kathryn Erskine, Gary D. Schmidt, Adrienne Rich, Judith Minty, Gwendolyn Brooks, Marge Piercy, Grace Paley, Alicia Ostriker, Jaimy Gordon; South African writer Athol Fugard;

Israeli writers Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yehudah Amichai, Rachel Bluwstein, Chaim Guri, S. Y. Agnon; and Hispanic writers Sor Juana, Federico García Lorca, Ruben Darío, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillén, Pedro Salinas, and Dámaso Alonso.

I also love Japanese haiku, especially those by Matsuo Bashō.

My writing has been influenced by many other authors, including British writers Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, W. B. Yeats;

American writers Edna St. Vincent Millay, T. S. Eliot, Maxine Kumin, Adrienne Rich, Judith Minty, Gwendolyn Brooks;

Israeli writers Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yehudah Amichai, Rachel Bluwstein, Chaim Guri, S. Y. Agnon, and Hispanic writers Sor Juana, Federico Garcia Lorca, Ruben Dario, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillen, Pedro Salinas, and Damaso Alonso.