Tuesday, February 4, 2014

4/4 Star Review for Pieces Of The Past

Pieces Of The Past has been named a Best Book for 2013 (for Grades 3 - 6) by Resource Links and has been "highly recommended" by The Deakin Review of Children's Literature. I found their review very touching.


Thursday, January 23, 2014

Pieces of the Past awarded Sydney Taylor Honor!

Pieces of the Past, The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz (Scholastic Canada 2013) has just been named a 2014 Sydney Taylor Honor Book for Older Readers by the Association of Jewish Libraries. I will be travelling to the Association of Jewish Libraries Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, this June to pick up my silver medal! I'll also be giving a presentation. I was so excited I sat down and wrote the presentation already!

The Sydney Taylor Book Award is presented annually to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience.

Sunday, December 29, 2013

FREE THIS WEEK! WHEN I DIE IN ALL EBOOK FORMATS

Happy New Year to all readers on Nooks, Kobos, Sonys ... and Kindles.  

When I Die is now available in ALL digital formats.  To get your FREE eBook copy of When I Die, click here and enter your Coupon Code  RC69T 

Feel free to forward this post to all your friends. Offer expires January 5, 2014.

Remember: When I Die really works best as a printed picture book. You can order the book in trade paperback here.

Friday, December 20, 2013

YEAR-END CATCH UP!

I've been very remiss about keeping up with my blog posts. Where to start?

Spring and summer were spent working on my new book, just published this fall, When I Die, my first non fiction book, my first picture book, and my first book with my daughter-in-law, Bonnie Brask, who did all the photographs.

And that wasn't the only collaboration I worked on over the summer. My writing partner, Perry Nodelman, and I worked together to reissue Of Two Minds, the first book in our four-book fantasy series, with Starburst Publications. Perry's son Asa did the cover and I really love it. For anyone out there who likes fantasy check it out.

Speaking of reissues, Scholastic Canada reissued two books very near and dear to me: Greater Than Angels, a Holocaust book set in France, and In My Enemy's House, another Holocaust book, this one set in Germany.

And just a few days ago,Scholastic reissued The Lost Locket, a novel for grades 2-4.

Meanwhile, I'm working on a historical novel set in Arizona in 1882.
And, Fictive Press is reissuing my New Adult novel, Past Crimes- as the first of a new and hopefully very exciting series called Palm Springs Supernatural

Thursday, December 19, 2013

When I Die No. 34 on the Amazon Best Sellers List for Teen Health


No. 34 in the top 100 Amazon's Best Sellers list for Teen Health!  A meditation on death for children and their families, Carol's newest book and her first non-fiction, When I Die is a short picture book. Not everyone "gets" this book, but one reader certainly did, calling her review "Tiny Book, Huge Impact".

Since it is a picture book, illustrated with beautiful photos by Carol's daughter-in-law Bonnie Brask, I highly recommend getting the book in print. Its impact will be all the greater, especially if you are reading this book to a child.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

FREE ON KINDLE ON OCTOBER 12


When I Die: A Meditation on Death for Children & Their Families by Carol Matas
Mark your calendar. When I Die: A meditation on death for children & their families will be FREE on Kindle this Saturday (Oct. 12) until Oct. 16. Just in time for Canadian Thanksgiving & Columbus Day! The book is also available in trade paperback, where the photos really pop.