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Review of The Passover Surprise in San Diego Jewish World

Dear Friends,

Editor Donald H. Harrison recently reviewed my chapter book for children ages 7-12, The Passover Surprise, in the San Diego Jewish World.  His review is below.  Best wishes!  Janet

The Passover Surprise Is Brief Yet Topic Rich

The Passover Surprise by Janet Ruth Heller; illustrations by Ronald Kauffman; © 2015; Fictive Press; ISBN 978-1-927663-17-1; 35 pages including glossary and discussion guide.

SAN DIEGO –A lot of ground is covered in this story for middle schoolers.  It begins with a pre-teenage girl, Lisa, competing with her younger brother, Jon, to win a stamp album, and moves on to a discussion of World War II, the experiences of African American soldiers, and the nascent American Civil Rights Movement taking place as the story unfolds, circa 1960. (more…)

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Janet Ruth Heller Conducts a Workshop and Presents a Panel at the Michigan Reading Association Conference on March 19-20, 2016, in Detroit

Janet Ruth Heller will be conducting a workshop and participating in a panel at the Michigan Reading Association Conference at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, March 19-20, 2016.  She will present a workshop about “Using Poems to Get Teenagers to Write” on Saturday, March 19 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Room 251 B.  She will be speaking about “Recent Multicultural Literature for Children” on a panel on Sunday March 20 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 336.   (more…)

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