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Janet Ruth Heller Reads Poetry about Families and Discusses Her Book The Passover Surprise at the Writing the Midwest Conference on June 2, 2016

On Thursday, June 2, 2016, Janet Heller will be reading her poetry about families, discussing her children’s book The Passover Surprise (Fictive Press, 2015), and autographing her books at Writing the Midwest, the annual conference of the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature, in the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center at Michigan State University, 219 S. Harrison Rd. in East Lansing, MI 48823.  (more…)

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Front Cover for The Passover Surprise, Janet Ruth Heller's chapter book. The artwork is by Ronald Kauffman.

Review of Janet Ruth Heller’s book The Passover Surprise by Melissa Sweeney in Baltimore’s Child

 

Dear Friends,

The review below of my chapter book for middle-grade children, The Passover Surprise, appeared in Baltimore’s Child on April 11, 2016.  Best wishes for the spring!  Janet

“The Passover Surprise”

Passover is just around the corner and author Janet Ruth Heller brings a timely story in The Passover Surprise.  Calling on Heller’s own childhood experiences, The Passover Surprise tells the tale of a girl named Lisa as she competes with her brother Jon in a stamp collecting competition.  Lisa’s father deems her brother the winner of the competition based partly on the ideas that stamp collecting is more of a boy’s hobby than a girl’s.  As Lisa prepares to talk to her father about her feelings, she is also preparing for Passover.  (more…)

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