Reviews – Page 10 – Janet Ruth Heller

The Novel mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine Captures the Point of View of a Child with Asperger’s Syndrome

Author: Janet Ruth Heller May 27, 2015

Motivated by her concern after the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007, Kathryn Erskine wrote mockingbird (mok′ ing-bûrd) to examine how families cope after a sudden tragedy. Erksine’s first-person narrator is a ten-year-old girl with Asperger’s syndrome named Caitlin Ann Smith. …
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Asperger’s syndrome, Books, Bullying, Coping with Deaths in a Family, Emotional Development, Gun Violence, Literature, Parenting, Psychological Issues, Reviews

Asperger's syndrome, book review, books, bullying, children's literature, Coping with Deaths in a Family, Special Needs Children

A Review of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Author: Janet Ruth Heller February 23, 2015

One of public television’s (PBS) excellent programs for preschool children is Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. This show replaced Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood in 2012. Unlike the original program, which had real people and children, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood is in animated cartoon format. …
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Children's Programs, Emotional Development, Mass Media, Parenting, Psychological Issues, Reviews, Sibling Rivalry, Television Programs

Children's Television, Emotional Development, Parenting, Psychological Issues, Public Television, Sibling Rivalry

Review of Yona Zeldis McDonough’s The Doll Shop Downstairs

Author: Janet Ruth Heller February 22, 2015

Yona Zeldis McDonough’s The Doll Shop Downstairs (New York: Puffin Books/Penguin, 2009). 120 pages. In the middle-grade historical fiction chapter book The Doll Shop Downstairs, we meet the Breittlemann family of New York City. When World War I breaks out,…
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