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Janet Ruth Heller Speaks on a Panel about Recent Multicultural Literature for Children on Friday, October 21, 2016 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:October 16, 2016
Post category:Books Children's Literature Conference Presentations Fiction Historical Fiction Humanities Janet's Speaking Events Literature Multicultural Literature Nonfiction Picture Book Poetry

Friday, October 21, 2016 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.—Janet Ruth Heller will be speaking on a panel about Recent Multicultural Literature for Children at the joint conference of the Michigan College English Association and the Michigan Writing Centers Association at Macomb Community College, 14500 E. 12 Mile Road, Building K, Warren MI 48088-3896. Janet’s presentation is “Recent Multicultural Books for Children about Jews and People of Color.” Also on the panel are Brynne Barnes, speaking about “The Importance of Multicultural Picture Books for Children” and Jennifer Burd, speaking about “Children's Books about Poverty and Homelessness.” To register for this conference, please go to the website https://sites.google.com/site/mwcaconference/2014-mwca-conference-information

Anti-Bullying Guidelines by the Department of Education

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:October 28, 2010
Post category:Books

On October 26, 2010, the U. S. Department of Education released an excellent letter to schools about the need to take a more comprehensive approach to combating bullying. In general, schools often view bullying as isolated incidents, rather than perceiving underlying patterns of discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, or disability. The hostile, unsafe environment created by bullying hurts students physically and psychologically; bullying also interferes with students’ learning and achievement. (more…)

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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.