Literature

Review of Janet Ruth Heller’s Chapter Book The Passover Surprise in Hadassah Magazine in December 2016 by Gloria Goldreich

Novelist Gloria Goldreich reviewed Janet Ruth Heller’s middle-grade chapter book The Passover Surprise in Hadassah Magazine in December 2016 (page 69).  Here is the review. In Janet Ruth Heller’s The Passover Surprise (illustrated by Ronald Kauffman; Fictive Press, 48 pp….
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Fun Book Signing at Schuler Books in Grand Rapids on December 10, 2016

I had a great time at my book signing at Schuler Books in Grand Rapids.  Dawne Webber of the Michigan chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators organized this event. I enjoyed meeting the other two authors…
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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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