Books – Page 29 – Janet Ruth Heller

A Review of Jules Feiffer’s A Room with a Zoo (Michael Di Capua Books, 2005; rpt. Hyperion, 2007)

Author: Janet Ruth Heller August 14, 2016

Nine-year-old Julie wants a dog, but her parents say that she must be ten and a half and able to walk a dog by herself before they will get her one. Julie loves other animals, too, so she talks her…
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Discussion of Multicultural Literature for Children & Young Adults at International Literacy Conference in Boston on July 10, 2016 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Author: Janet Ruth Heller May 14, 2016

On Sunday, July 10, 2016 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Room 209 of the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, Janet Ruth Heller will be speaking on a panel at the International Literacy Association Conference about…
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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

Author: Janet Ruth Heller May 14, 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…
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