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Interview with public radio station WMUK about the Ladies’ Library Association of Kalamazoo’s 140th anniversary of our building

Author: May 30, 2019

My recent interview with Kalamazoo’s public radio station WMUK about the Ladies’ Library Association’s 140th anniversary of our building, the winner of our contest for a new stained-glass window, & our June 7-June 8 events is now posted at the…
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Interviews, Ladies' Library in Kalamazoo

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Janet Ruth Heller Autographs Her Award-Winning Books for Children at the Morse Elementary School Book Bazaar on Saturday, May 11, 2019

Author: May 5, 2019

Janet Ruth Heller will sell and autograph her award-winning books for children at the Morse Elementary School Book Bazaar on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 475 Cherry Street in Troy, Michigan 48083.  Free admission.  The Bazaar starts at 12 p.m….
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Books

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Review of the Middle-Grade Novel Worth by Alexandria LaFaye (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, 2004)

Author: April 18, 2019

This historical novel set in the 1800s poses a challenging question:  how much is a child worth when differently abled or orphaned? Eleven-year-old Nathaniel “Nate” Peale helps his parents Gabriel and Mary Eva to farm their land in Nebraska.  He…
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Book Review, Books, Children's Literature, Coping with Deaths in a Family, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Humanities, Literature, Novels, Parenting, Psychological Issues, Reviews, Sibling Rivalry

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