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Jane Yolen, Jewish Writer of ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ and Over 400 Books, Dies at 87

If you didn’t become acquainted with the work of Jane Yolen as a student being assigned her famous, award-winning Holocaust time travel novella “The Devil’s Arithmetic,” it’s likel...

Jane Yolen, children’s book author whose ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ became a Holocaust classic, dies at 87

Yolen published her first book at 22 and brought 450 titles to press, according to her family. -- The post Jane Yolen, children’s book author whose ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ became...

Jane Yolen (1939–2026)

Author Jane Yolen, 87, died peacefully in her home, surrounded by family, in Hatfield MA on June 11, 2026. Jane Hyatt Yolen was born February 11, 1939 in New York City NY. She grad...

Jane Yolen, children’s book author whose ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ became a Holocaust classic, dies at 87

(JTA) — Jane Yolen was already an award-winning author and illustrator of more than 100 titles for young readers when her editor suggested she write a Jewish children’s book. At fi...

Jane Yolen (1939-2026)

SFWA Grand Master Jane Yolen died June 11 at the age of 87. Her daughter Heidi Stemple announced on Facebook: It is with profound sadness that I, along with my brothers Adam Stempl...

An 11-Year-Old Girl

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Mother’s Day short story, by Jane Cherry

Jane Yolen Dies / Griffin Prize Restructure – Poetry News Roundup June 12th 2026

This week in our poetry news round up we look at the death of the celebrated author and poet Jane Yolen, and a major restructuring of the Griffin Poetry Prize that brings back its...

Baba Yaga and the Girl Who Ate the Rope, and Seven Books by Canadian Authors Which Fed My Writing

My collection was inspired by being my mother’s caretaker and focuses on supporting her during the two pandemic summers, as her dementia steadily worsened. A huge complicating fact...

Terri Windling’s The Wood Wife Continues to Inspire

The novel is a living conversation between art and poetry, the past and the present, nature and community... The post Terri Windling’s <i>The Wood Wife</i> Continues to...

Short story: In the forest, by Sherry Xu

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Penguin TBR May 2026: THE SECRET WORLD OF BRIAR ROSE, FIND MY WAY DOWN TO YOU and DOE

The May 2026 Penguin TBR features THE SECRET WORLD OF BRIAR ROSE, FIND MY WAY DOWN TO YOU and DOE

April Celebrates Poetry

April celebrates poetry in all its forms, where an assortment of words and rhyme can create imagery as beautiful as a sunset. Picture books with rhythm and rhyme are especially del...

Ruth, Naomi, Mara, Maror, Meir and Elisha ben Abuyah

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The Ocean’s Heart by Jilanne Hoffman

The Ocean’s Heart beautifully unfolds the hidden life of zooplankton. The post The Ocean’s Heart by Jilanne Hoffman appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

The Magic Of You

In a world that blows like desert sand,...

Young Writers Project: ‘Strawberry Teacups and the Möbius Strip’

The Cost of Creation

Children of the Earth are born from chaos, not hope,...

Young Writers Project: ‘Wild Things’

Sunbonnet Truths

Jane Pearlmutter Sunbonnets stitching together razor-sharp truths. The post Sunbonnet Truths appeared first on The Nation.

Wood Thrush – A Poem

I keep a Wood Thrush in my purse;an embroidered patch,the size of two quarters,affixed to a worn ID card.My little supporterof migratory life. There’s no doubt I heard Wood Thrusha...

The Gatekeeper

She writes a poem...

The Weaver

Carefully intertwined,...

Tale as old as time

שחור או לבן או שחור ולבן. למרות השמועות, אין פה שום דבר חדש, וזו דווקא סיבה טובה להתעמק בהם