CAROL MATAS

What a wonderful evening at McNally Robinson booksellers where I joined Sidura Ludwig, author of Swan  and Rising , and Colleen Nelson, auth...

Many thanks to Deborah Kalb for  her blog interview about my two latest books:  Zevi Takes the Spotlight   for middle grades. "I wanted...

  Zevi Takes the Spotlight has been chosen by School Library Journal as one of 42  Stellar Middle Grade books for 2024 . MATAS,  Carol.  Z...

What a wonderful review from the Association Of Jewish Libraries (AJL). “Prolific Canadian author Carol Matas has another winner with this f...

Zevi Takes the Spotlight has been chosen by the Children's Book Council for their BUILDING A HOME LIBRARY  list of books for ages 12-14...

  Zevi Takes the Spotlight is out! Here it is on the shelf at my very favourite bookstore, McNally Robinson , in Winnipeg! Zevi Takes the S...

Zevi Takes the Spotlight just got the most amazing review from CM: Canadian Review of Materials . I'm not just thrilled, I'm touche...

Take a look at my post " Carol Matas: Psychics and Murders, Oh My! " on the blog of scientist and author L. E. Carmichael where I ...

Zevi wants to be a star so it's wonderful that he has received his first review and it comes with a star from School Library Journal !  ...

Cloning Miranda will be out in Korean in early January. I love, love, love the cover! It's wild.  And for those of you who want to read...

 On Monday night, December 4, at 7 PM, I'll be joining two other authors and a very distinguished moderator, Mavis Reimer from the Unive...

  Who’s Looking  has received an Honourable Mention in the Junior Nonfiction category in the Ontario Library Association’s 2022 Best Bets! S...

  Attention elementary schools in the Kootneys, BC and New Brunswick Click here to apply before January 11, 2023. I'd love to do a readi...

Who's Looking? How Animals See the World has been nominated for a 2023 Silver Birch Express Award® . I can't wait to share the book ...

 Was absolutely thrilled to see Who's Looking? How Animals See the World , illustrated by Cornelia Li,  named a Best Book of 2022 in the...

"Will delight readers of all ages...A magical and wonderful story that is not only accessible but enjoyable for readers of all abilitie...

 "Every scene is interesting…Young readers will enjoy pointing out the differences and hopefully be encouraged to take closer looks dur...

Delighted to have been invited to participate in Deborah Kalb's Q&A about my first picture book, Who's Looking: How Animals See...

Thrilled that CBC Books has included A Struggle For Hop e in  10 Kid's books by Jewish Canadian authors to read right now , as part of ...

Happy to report that  Who's Looking is featured in the May 2022  Hot Off the Press list by the Children's Book Council.