Charlie Barshaw interviewed me about my kids’ books for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators of Michigan. The interview appears today in The Mitten at https://scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2025/09/writer-spotlight-janet-ruth-heller.html Thank you to Charlie and the SCBWI-MI! #picturebook #middlegradebook #bullyingprevention #self-esteem #solarsystem #siblingrivalry Photo of Janet Ruth Heller by Darren Goodman
Michigan writers and illustrators will be reading and autographing their books for children at the Artalicious Fine Art Fair in downtown Adrian, Michigan 49221 on Saturday, September 21 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, September 22, 2024 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Booth 55, which is on Maumee St. between Winter St. and Main St. Writers and artists attending this event include Janet Ruth Heller, Katie Spina, Naomi V. Dunsen-White, Kim Sayers, Rhonda Accardo, Mimi Olson, Molly David, Mary Morgan, Cindy Williams Schrauben, Pria Dee, Angie Shinozaki, and Kim Bartosch. All of them are members of the Michigan chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Janet Ruth Heller will read from her award-winning picture book about bullying How the Moon Regained Her Shape (Arbordale, 2006; 7th edition 2022). She will also be autographing her middle-grade chapter book for kids The Passover Surprise (Fictive Press, 2015, 2016). Artalicious is a mixture of books, fine art, food, and entertainment. Please come to look at our great books for children of…