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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · 17h

My new #Holocaust #mg #novel launch.
Berlin, 1935. What was illegal is now legal, including brutality against Hitler's perceived "enemies." #Fascism is now all there is. Mia, her dad and her dog, Max, must try to survive in a world where #hate has been #unleashed. #antisemitism #Canadiankidlit

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Authors' Booking Service @authorsbooking.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulations Carol!

Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · 22d

Book Birthday! A STORM UNLEASHED is officially out in the world today. Thank you to Scholastic Canada.
Mia and Max have grown up with love. Now all they can see and feel is hate. What is in store for them? #cndkidlit #antisemitism #scholasticcanada @chaptersindigo.bsky.social @mcnallyrobinson.com

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · 22d

Book Birthday! A STORM UNLEASHED is officially out in the world today. Thank you to Scholastic Canada.
Mia and Max have grown up with love. Now all they can see and feel is hate. What is in store for them? #cndkidlit #antisemitism #scholasticcanada @chaptersindigo.bsky.social @mcnallyrobinson.com

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · 22d

Thrilled to be in the company of theses wonderful authors. Check out their new books!

@parentclub.bsky.social‬,

@suecurrie24.bsky.social,

@reganmacaulay.bsky.social,

@carolmatas.bsky.social,

@jtorrescomics.bsky.social,

@heathermoconnor.bsky.social,

@mfstewart.bsky.social

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Authors' Booking Service @authorsbooking.bsky.social · 22d

🍂 Discover these fresh fall #kidlit books—perfect reads to spark imagination and cozy up with this season! 📚✨

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@suecurrie24.bsky.social
@reganmacaulay.bsky.social
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@openmike.bsky.social

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · 27d

Robert your design is just perfect. I rate this as one of the very best covers I have ever had - and this is book 50! And that doesn't count translations. Thank you again.

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · 27d

My books just arrived! Set in 1935 #Berlin, A Storm Unleashed follows Mia and her beloved German Shepherd, Max as Germany turns from #Democracy to #Dictatorship in a few months after Hitler takes power. Pub Sept 16. #ScholasticCanada #Antisemitism #historicalfiction #Middlegradefiction #RobertCarter

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you Robert Carter @crackedhat.bsky.social for this brilliant cover. I can’t tell you how much I love it!

Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 28d

‘A Storm Unleashed’ - Carol Matas’ novel from Scholastic Canada Ltd is now on bookshelves! I was honoured to have illustrated the cover art work.

#AStormUnleashed #CarolMatas #ScholasticCanada #Racism #AntiSemitism #WWII #HistoricalFiction #MiddleGradesFiction #BookIllustration #Illustration

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 28d

‘A Storm Unleashed’ - Carol Matas’ novel from Scholastic Canada Ltd is now on bookshelves! I was honoured to have illustrated the cover art work.

#AStormUnleashed #CarolMatas #ScholasticCanada #Racism #AntiSemitism #WWII #HistoricalFiction #MiddleGradesFiction #BookIllustration #Illustration

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · Sep 8

My new book has arrived @mcnallyrobinson.com. In 1935 Berlin, Mia and her dog Max find themselves in a world filled with hate. Hitler blames the Jews for everything and Mia's Father is Jewish. Every day becomes more dangerous as #Nazis destroy #democracy in favour of #fascism. #Cankidlit #Canscaip

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · Aug 5

An entire month of summer left. Perfect for #reading a #Canadian #book. I recommend all the wonderful books for young people below!

Authors' Booking Service @authorsbooking.bsky.social · Jul 9

Reading recommendations!

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@lesliegentile.bsky.social
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@jessicavitalis.bsky.social
@jlbaileybooks.bsky.social
@karenkrossing.com
@mbleatherdale.bsky.social
@oksanna.bsky.social
@mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social
@jtorrescomics.bsky.social

#kidlit

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · Jul 16

Check out these wonderful summer reads for young readers! Here are 15 strong Canadian books that are #kidlit gems.
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@carolmatas.bsky.social
@jessicavitalis.bsky.social
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@oksanna.bsky.social

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · Jul 9

Wordle 1,480 2/6
Why was this so easy for me? Sign of the times?

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · Jul 1

Read a Canadian book today! Have a wonderful day everyone! Happy Canada Day!! ❤️❤️❤️🎈🎈#kidlit #cndkidlit 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Authors' Booking Service @authorsbooking.bsky.social · Jun 30

👍📚 Read:
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@lesliegentile.bsky.social
@carolmatas.bsky.social
@jessicavitalis.bsky.social
@jlbaileybooks.bsky.social
@karenkrossing.com
@mbleatherdale.bsky.social
@oksanna.bsky.social
@mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social
@franbwrites.bsky.social
@jtorrescomics.bsky.social

Summer reads
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@lesliegentile.bsky.social
@carolmatas.bsky.social
@jessicavitalis.bsky.social
@jlbaileybooks.bsky.social
@karenkrossing.com
@mbleatherdale.bsky.social
@oksanna.bsky.social
@mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social
@franbwrites.bsky.social
@jtorrescomics.bsky.social

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Authors' Booking Service @authorsbooking.bsky.social · Jun 30

👍📚 Read:
@parentclub.bsky.social
@lesliegentile.bsky.social
@carolmatas.bsky.social
@jessicavitalis.bsky.social
@jlbaileybooks.bsky.social
@karenkrossing.com
@mbleatherdale.bsky.social
@oksanna.bsky.social
@mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social
@franbwrites.bsky.social
@jtorrescomics.bsky.social

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · Jun 12

Some exciting news about my new book out this fall with Scholastic Canada, A Storm Unleashed.
Scholastic Australia has bought the rights.

From #Democracy to #Dictatorship, Berlin, 1933. #Holocaust

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · May 25

ZEVI TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT has been chosen by PJ Library as a PJ Our Way Selection. Also I've been awarded the PJ Our Way Grinspoon Jewish Story Award!
I am delighted that Zevi will be sent to Jewish families all over North America - for free! From The Harold Grinspoon Foundation. #Kidlit #mglit

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · May 20

The Cruelty Is The Point, But What’s The Goal?
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The Cruelty Is The Point, But What’s The Goal?

The Trump administration isn’t cruel just for cruelty’s sake. There’s a deeper, darker purpose.

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · May 2

Terrified yet?
Fascist Population Engineering: Yes to White Christian Births, No to Immigrants and LGBTQ Familes
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

Fascist Population Engineering: Yes to White Christian Births, No to Immigrants and LGBTQ Familes

From Mussolini to Meloni and Orban, state practices and rhetoric recur

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · May 1

Western Canada Jewish Book Awards has nominated Zevi Takes the Spotlight. #kidlit #paranormal #mystery

THE DIAMOND FOUNDATION PRIZE FOR CHILDREN/YOUTH
CAROL MATAS - Zevi Takes the Spotlight
ELLEN SCHWARTZ - Friends to the Rescue
PAUL SHORE & DEBORAH KATZ HENRIQUEZ - Steve and Eve Save the Planet

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thanks!

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · Apr 27

The fact that it is timely is beyond....

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · Apr 27

A Storm Unleashed, will be out this fall with #Scholastic Canada. Set in 1933-35 Berlin, it is the story of Mia and her beloved dog Max . It chronicles Germany’s rapid descent into #fascism and the unleashing of a rising storm of hatred against the Jews and Hitler’s “enemies.” #kidlit #Holocaust

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Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social · Apr 14

If you aren't terrified yet you should be. #democracy
Trump: "Home-growns are next" open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Trump: "Home-growns are next"

Foreign gulags for US citizens

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · Apr 10

In Nazi Germany, the targeted population was encouraged to self-deport and the state sought to impoverish them to force them to leave.

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