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THE PASSOVER SURPRISE, A Middle-Grade Chapter Book

Author: Janet Ruth Heller March 29, 2015

THE PASSOVER SURPRISE, A Middle-Grade Chapter Book by Janet Ruth Heller, illustrated by Ronald Kauffman Lisa and her little brother Jon enjoy collecting stamps. But when their father holds a contest to decide which child will get a new large…
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Books, Bullying, Discrimination, Historical Fiction, Jewish Families, Jewish Traditions, Literature, Parenting, Sibling Rivalry, World War II

books, bullying, children's literature, discrimination, historical fiction, Jewish families, Jewish traditions, Sibling Rivalry, World War II

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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Books, Reviews

books, children's literature, Reading Recommendations, Yona Zeldis McDonough

Literature for Children Should Break Rules and Defy Boundaries

Author: Janet Ruth Heller August 9, 2014

In 1999, I went to a writers’ conference where one editor claimed that books for children must have the child hero or heroine alone completely solve the problems raised. I was astounded by this narrow-minded claim, which would nullify the…
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Advice for Writers, Books

child protagonist, children's literature, fiction for children, imagination, problem-solving in fiction, rules for creative writing

Tag Archive: children’s literature

THE PASSOVER SURPRISE, A Middle-Grade Chapter Book

Review of Yona Zeldis McDonough’s The Doll Shop Downstairs

Literature for Children Should Break Rules and Defy Boundaries

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