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Three Authors of Books for Children Autographing at Schuler Books in Grand Rapids MI on Thursday, December 12, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:December 12, 2019
Post category:Autographing Book Fairs Books Bullying Chapter Book Children's Literature Fiction Multicultural Literature Picture Book Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

Parent Shop Night on Thursday, December 12, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.—Meet Michigan children's book authors Janet Ruth Heller, Jayne M. Rose-Vallee, and Kenneth Kraegel! Their books will be available for purchase and autographing. Janet will be autographing her books How the Moon Regained Her Shape, which is an award-winning picture book about bullying, and The Passover Surprise, which is a middle-grade chapter book about sibling rivalry. Jayne will be autographing her award-winning picture book Dinosaurs Living in My Hair. Kenneth will be signing his award-winning picture books King Arthur's Very Great Grandson and Green Pants. Location: Schuler Books at 2660 28th St., S.E, in Grand Rapids MI 49512. The bookstore’s phone is 616-942-2561. Its website is https://www.schulerbooks.com/ Cover of How the Moon Regained Her Shape; artist is Ben Hodson

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Janet Ruth Heller and 7 Other Michigan Authors for Children Will Autograph at the Detroit Festival of Books on Sunday, July 15, 2018

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:June 22, 2018
Post category:Autographing Book Fairs Books Chapter Book Children's Literature Children's Programs Fiction Literature Picture Book Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

On Sunday, July 15, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Janet Ruth Heller and seven other Michigan authors and illustrators will be autographing their children’s books at the Detroit Festival of Books in the Eastern Market, Shed 6, Table 1 at 2934 Russell Street, Detroit, Michigan 48207. The other writers and artists there are Lisa Rose, Josef Bastian, Gin Price, Jean Alicia Elster, Patrick Flores-Scott, Jeff Jantz, and Jodi McKay. All of us are members of the Michigan chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Janet Ruth Heller will be autographing The Passover Surprise (Fictive Press, 2015, 2016), a middle-grade chapter book about sibling rivalry, and her award-winning fiction picture book about bullying How the Moon Regained Her Shape (Arbordale, 2006; 4th edition 2014). Please join us! For more information, please see the Detroit Festival of Books website http://detroitbookfest.com/

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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.

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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.