Background
Heller, Ruth M. was born on April 2, 1923 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Daughter of Henry and Leah Rosenblat.
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"Lively...The playfully rhymed text flows effortlessly as it discusses superlatives, irregular adverbs, and double negatives....Informative and fun."-- School Library Journal"Using expansive color drawings and catchy rhymes, Heller writes about words frequently and vividly and with an unmistakable flourish....A clever introduction."-- Booklist"This eye-catching book explains its perplexing subject well and clearly, and more memorably than could any grammar textbook." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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A set of six picture books by Ruth Heller. Titles include Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs ~ A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns ~ Many Lucious Lollipops: A Book about Adjectives ~ The Reason for a Flower ~ Chickens Aren't the Only Ones ~ Plants That Never Ever Bloom.
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“An extravagantly beautiful creation. It is unusual in its ingenious way of teaching botany and interesting words to the littlest of readers.” —Publishers Weekly “Ms. Heller’s colors and drawings are as electrifying as ever.” —Los Angeles Times The reason for a flower is to manufacture seeds, but Ruth Heller shares a lot more about parts of plants and their functions in her trademark rhythmic style.
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Perfect for introductory science and biology lessons! What do mammals have in common? They have fur. They nurse their young. They breathe fresh air. But what else? Explore nature and discover a variety of mammals—also known as viviparous animals—and the many ways that they are unique from one another. “Here are twenty double-page spreads all bright with mammals. Large, tiny, prehistoric, unusual—they are all here in repeatable rhymes, and a million-dollar word (viviparous) is tossed in for good measure.” —The Provident Bookfinder “Both simple and surprising, Heller's sprightly picture books use verse and unusually harmonious pictures to introduce the animal kingdom. Chickens lists some of the many good things that come in egg packages, while Animals mentions all manner of mammals.” —Publishers Weekly About the Explore! series: Dedicated to helping children learn a variety of nonfiction subjects, the Explore series uses pitch-perfect rhyming text and brilliantly illustrated images to make learning fun. Books in the series: Explore Language 1. Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions 2. Cache of Jewels: And Other Collective Nouns 3. Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal!: A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions 4. Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs 5. Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives 6. Mine, All Mine!: A Book About Pronouns 7. Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns 8. Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs Explore Nature 1. Animals Born Alive and Well: A Book About Mammals and Their Young 2. Chickens Aren't the Only Ones: A Book About Animals Who Lay Eggs 3. The Reason for a Flower: A Book About Flowers, Pollen, and Seeds 4. Plants that Never Ever Bloom: A Book About Fungi, Ferns, and Other Plants Without Flowers
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Perfect for introductory grammar lessons! What is a verb? Explore language and discover how to identify verbs and their many forms from the imperative mood to active vs. passive voice to verb phrases. “Heller’s… concept book explicates and celebrates verbs of all kinds, in ebullient verses which themselves sail and soar.” —Publishers Weekly “Graphic play and world play make this an ingenious lesson that no classroom grammarian should miss.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books “Children will find it a painless and concise grammar lesson as well as a visual treat… A boon for language arts teachers as well as for all children and adults who love to play with language.” —School Library Journal About the Explore! series: Dedicated to helping children learn a variety of nonfiction subjects, the Explore series uses pitch-perfect rhyming text and brilliantly illustrated images to make learning fun.
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Perfect for introductory science and biology lessons! Explore science. This nonfiction picture book serves as an introduction to plants that do not have flowers like mushrooms, seaweed, ferns, and more! Vibrant, colorful spreads detail many different types of plants. "A feast for the eyes.... Readers will be entranced with the beauty and breadth of the flowerless plants she describes."—San Francisco Examiner
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?Highly informative and lushly?illustrated. An unbeatable combination for pleasure and learning.? --Children?s Book Review Service?The illustrations and the vocabulary will delight small eyes and ears.? --School Library Journal Q&A - Ruth Heller - A Paperstar Profile Ruth Heller - ProfileHow did you become interested in writing books for children?I loved reading to my own children, and when they started school, I became the P.T.A. library chairman. I was the one who got to pick and choose and spend a nice fat budget for the elementary school library. I feel as though I?ve been surrounded by children?s books for years.I suppose this and my strong art background are what prompted my trying to write.What is the biggest influence in your style of writing, and how has it changed since you first began?Hillaire Belloc, Gilbert and Sullivan, Edward Lear?I grew up reading all of them. I love their rhythm, and I loved reading Dr. Seuss to my children. No question, these were my influences.I think I?ve become wordier, not quite as minimal and succinct as I used to be.What made you decide to write a series on the parts of speech?Take a peek at the back end paper of the hardcover edition of A Cache of Jewels. You?ll see that I committed myself, in print, to writing a book for each part of speech.Here I am, ten years later, thankfully completing the very last book in this series. It will be published in 1998.Do you begin with the words or pictures when you are developing a book? How does the second part come together?The first step is to decide what I am going to say on each page. Then I can begin to visualize my illustrations. The words dictate what the illustration will be, but that still gives me many options.Sometimes the two come together easily, sometimes not. If not, I pursue new research material until something clicks.Did you learn anything new about the parts of speech while writing these books?I learned many things I had forgotten, and some new information and rules that I had never known. I also learned that the textbooks that I used for research were difficult to understand and somewhat boring, and that I am guilty of frequent misuse of the English language.How do you choose the images in your book?An art teacher once told me to ?fall in love? with whatever I was drawing. So I choose images that I love: candy, ice cream, butterflies, sea creatures, carousels, jewels, etc.
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Perfect for introductory grammar lessons! What is an adjective? Explore language and discover how to identify and create many different types of adjectives, from demonstratives to articles to proper adjectives. “To further a child’s grasp of the meaning and function of adjectives, this gorgeous picture book provides enrichment and depth of understanding… A visual and auditory feast, designed to make language discovery appealing and rewarding.” —Publishers Weekly “An excellent and enjoyable introduction to grammar both for younger children who will respond to the verse and images and for older children who will get an overview of adjectives and their uses.” —School Library Journal “The brilliantly colored illustrations are grand attention grabbers that give the unabashedly technical terms real punch.” —Kirkus Reviews About the Explore! series: Dedicated to helping children learn a variety of nonfiction subjects, the Explore series uses pitch-perfect rhyming text and brilliantly illustrated images to make learning fun.
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Perfect for introductory grammar lessons! What is a noun? Explore language and discover the uses of nouns and their many grammatical forms from proper nouns to common nouns to abstract nouns. “Heller explores types of nouns: common, proper, abstract, concrete, compound, collective, singular, plural, and possessive... Its lush, exuberant full-color artwork will grab kids' attention.”—Booklist “With humor, style, and succinct, admirable precision, Heller summarizes everything most people will ever need to know about this particular area of grammar. ... A treasure.”—Kirkus Reviews “To say that Heller has a way with words is to understate a multifaceted talent... The rhymed text of this book is as witty and smooth as its predecessors ... Rarely does a book offer children so much to look at, listen to and learn.”—Publishers Weekly “Striking graphic design with large clear objects in bold colors overflowing each double-page spread make the book a visual treat. The use of bold type for all the nouns is particularly pleasing and will make for easy reading aloud... Those who have found the others in the series successful will want this one.”—School Library Journal About the Explore! series: Dedicated to helping children learn a variety of nonfiction subjects, the Explore series uses pitch-perfect rhyming text and brilliantly illustrated images to make learning fun. Books in the series: Explore Language! 1. Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions 2. Cache of Jewels: And Other Collective Nouns 3. Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal!: A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions 4. Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs 5. Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives 6. Mine, All Mine!: A Book About Pronouns 7. Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns 8. Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs Explore Nature! 1. Animals Born Alive and Well: A Book About Mammals and Their Young 2. Chickens Aren't the Only Ones: A Book About Animals Who Lay Eggs 3. The Reason for a Flower: A Book About Flowers, Pollen, and Seeds 4. Plants that Never Ever Bloom: A Book About Fungi, Ferns, and Other Plants Without Flowers
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Heller, Ruth M. was born on April 2, 1923 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Daughter of Henry and Leah Rosenblat.
Bachelor in Fine Arts, University California, Berkeley, 1946.
Secretary to chief pathologist Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, 1947—1951. Author, illustrator children's books San Francisco and New York City, from 1981. Consultant, presenter reading and library conferences, schools.
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(?Highly informative and lushly?illustrated. An unbeatable...)
(A set of six picture books by Ruth Heller. Titles include...)
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Member of Society Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators, Society Illustrators San Francisco, Society Illustrators New York, Authors League American, Authors Guild.
Married Richard Philip Gross. Married Henry David Heller, December 21, 1951 (deceased December 21, 1951). Children: Paul Garson, Philip.
