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Laura F. Deutsch’s new review of The Passover Surprise

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:March 30, 2017
Post category:Book Review Books Chapter Book Children's Literature Discrimination Fiction Historical Fiction Jewish Families Jewish Traditions Literature Multicultural Literature Parenting Psychological Issues Reviews Sibling Rivalry World War II

“‘Passover Surprise’ puts its stamp on unfair treatment” by Laura F. Deutsch is a review of Janet Ruth Heller’s chapter book The Passover Surprise. This review was published in The Jewish Advocate (based in Boston) on March 31, 2017 in a column about “Jewish Parenting.”

“The Passover Surprise” is a delightful historical fiction written by Dr. Janet Ruth Heller. Children ages 8- to-12 will enjoy reading it and younger children will benefit from having it read to them with subsequent discussion. This six chapter, 48-page book contains nostalgic illustrations by Ronald Kauffman that immediately transport the reader to the book’s 1960s setting. There is also a glossary and discussion guide at the back. (more…)

“Recent Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults” Panel and “Using Poems to Get Students to Write” Presentation at Michigan Reading Association Conference in Grand Rapids on Saturday, March 11, 2017

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:December 4, 2016
Post category:Advice for Writers Books Bullying Chapter Book Children's Literature Conference Presentations Education Fiction Historical Fiction Janet's Speaking Events Literature Multicultural Literature Nonfiction Parenting Picture Book Poetry Workshop for Teachers Writing Workshop

Authors and scholars Janet Ruth Heller and Jennifer Burd will discuss “Recent Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults” at the Michigan Reading Association’s Conference at the DeVos Place Convention Center at 303 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 in the Gallery Overlook G room from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (more…)

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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.