Historical Fiction

Sheila Deeth’s Review of Janet Ruth Heller’s chapter book The Passover Surprise

Here is the first paragraph of Sheila Deeth’s review of my middle-grade fiction chapter book The Passover Surprise. Janet Ruth Heller’s The Passover Surprise is a nicely illustrated chapbook for young readers with clear print, great chapter titles, well-placed black-and-white…
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Janet Ruth Heller’s play entitled Pledging will be performed at the Tritonysia Play Festival at Triton College in River Grove IL on May 5-7 and May 12-14, 2017

Janet Ruth Heller’s short play entitled Pledging will be performed at the Tritonysia Play Festival at Triton College on May 5-7 and May 12-14, 2017. Triton College is located at 2000 5th Ave., River Grove, Illinois 60171. The performances will…
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“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

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…
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