Janice Hechter

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Author-Illustrator Janice Hechter: On Art, Persistence, and The Power of Her Paintbrush (Giveaway included!) I’m thrilled to welcome back author-illustrator Janice Hechter to the Writers’ Rumpus blog. When we last spoke over the summer (you can check out that interview here if you missed it), we talked ab…

When I read THE POWER OF HER PAINTBRUSH, I thought:
@janicehechter.bsky.social isn’t just writing about Theresa Bernstein. She’s walking alongside her. I got to interview her for @writersrumpus.bsky.social about art, persistence, and creating over a lifetime.
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I have a brand-new author-illustrator interview that’s just dropped on the Writers’ Rumpus blog (www.writersrumpus.com). Come check it out and enter our book giveaway!! 📚🩷✍🏻🎨🖌️
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Cover of Where are the Women? with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Congrats to @janicehechter.bsky.social and @redchairpress.bsky.social! Where are the Women?, which tells the true story of Girl Scouts who successfully campaigned for the first statue honoring real women in Central Park, is shortlisted for our youth social justice book prize. #GoddardBookPrizes

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Where are the Women? The Girl Scouts’ Campaign for the First Statue of Women in Central Park by Janice Hechter - Nasty Women Writers After returning from England in 1912, where she had learned about the Boy Scouts during a meeting with founder Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Juliette Gordon Low established the Girl Scouts in the United St...

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Got to spend my morning at Brookline Booksmith in Brookline, MA for a book reading by the oh-so-talented @janicehechter.bsky.social! #kidlit #amreading #writingcommunity

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Where Are the Women? Interview With Author-Illustrator Janice Hechter…And a Giveaway! “An inspiring true story of female empowerment.” -KIRKUS REVIEWS

Check out my new Writers’ Rumpus Blog interview with Janice Hechter, author and illustrator of WHERE ARE THE WOMEN? Leave a comment and enter our book giveaway!! 📚🍪❤️ #kidlit @writersrumpus.bsky.social @janicehechter.bsky.social @redchairpress.bsky.social

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Where Are the Women? at the ALA Conference

Story Hour! Janice Hechter: Where Are the Women?

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The Boston Women’s Memorial Last weekend–on International Women’s Day, no less–I made my way into Boston to take a look at the Boston Women’s Memorial, a set of three statues on the Commonwealth Avenue…

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Happy to see this shout-out for Where Are the Women? by school librarian Janet Dawson.
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My new book, Where Are the Women, is on the front page of these 4 NYC newspapers.
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I will be giving a presentation on my new book, Where Are the Women? at the New Britain Museum of American Art for Women's History Month. This will take place on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Admission will be free all day, with programs taking place throughout the day.

My publications - VAL_030125_P - Page 38-39 “I started reading books to her all the time and I loved the illustrations in a lot of these books,” Hechter said. Hechter went on to illustrate several books

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My publications - VAL_030125_P - Page 36-37 year of service. When she returned to Connecticut, she decided the world of consulting “didn’t suit my worldview,” and she landed at the FRWA. Petras lives in

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Behind the Scenes: “Going Off Script” by Janice Hechter Ideas for books are everywhere, and sometimes arise from a question. In this post, author/illustrator Janice Hechter shares her process of gathering information, which ended up stretching her beyon…

In Going Off Script @janicehechter.bsky.social shares how she researched to write WHERE ARE THE WOMEN? a story of the power of youth!
+ BOOK GIVEAWAY! Hope you'll stop by the blog!😍🥳
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Behind the Scenes: “Going Off Script” by Janice Hechter Ideas for books are everywhere, and sometimes arise from a question. In this post, author/illustrator Janice Hechter shares her process of gathering information, which ended up stretching her beyon…

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Meet author/illustrator @janicehechter.bsky.social & discover her new NF PB - Where Are The Women? - about the NYC Girl Scout Troops' mission to install a female statute in Central Park.
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Where Are the Women? Gets a STAR!
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Thank you for your support, Debbie!

WHERE ARE THE WOMEN? | Kirkus Reviews In author/illustrator Hechter’s educational nonfiction children’s book, kids learn a valuable lesson about how to use activism and perseverance.

Happy for this great review from KIRKUS about my new nonfiction book, WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?

Kirkus Reviews recommends the book, calling it "An inspiring true story of female empowerment."
Our Verdict: GET IT."

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Where Are the Women?: The Girl Scouts' Campaign for the First Statue of Women in Central Park
Comes out February 4, 2025 with Red Chair Press. The true story of a group of New York City Girl Scouts who learn that there are no statues of women in Central Park. #edusky #kidlit #statues #socialjustice

Yesterday I went to a terrific presentation by the author of Rising from the Ashes, Paula Yoo. Here I am in the pic with Paula. Thank you Michelle Henry!

Thank you for this great article!