Tag Archive: bullying

Janet Read from and Autographed Her Books on December 12 in Kalamazoo and Portage, Michigan

Author: November 11, 2015

Saturday, December 12, 2015—Janet Ruth Heller, author of the award-winning picture book about bullying for children How the Moon Regained Her Shape (Arbordale, 2006; rpt. 2008, 2012), the middle-grade chapter book about sibling rivalry The Passover Surprise (Fictive Press, 2015),…
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Advice for Writers, Autographing, Books, Janet's Speaking Events, Literature, Picture Book, Poetry

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Review of Janet’s Children’s Book The Passover Surprise by the Midwest Book Review in its October Issue

Author: October 13, 2015

Dear Friends, The Midwest Book Review just published a review of my chapter book for children, The Passover Surprise, illustrated by Ronald Kauffman (Fictive Press, 2015) in its online October 2015 issue. The article is in the section entitled “Children’s…
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Book Review, Books, Bullying, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Jewish Families, Jewish Traditions, Literature, Parenting, Psychological Issues, Reviews, Sibling Rivalry

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

Author: 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

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