Ketzel, the cat who composed

Title:

Personal Author EPSB:

Summary:

Composer Moshe Cotel adopts a six-toed, black-and-white kitten whom he calls Ketzel, and when he needs a piece to enter in a contest for music less than a minute long, it is Ketzel who provides the solution.

Year Published:

2015-2016

Series:

PJ Library

Physical Description:

30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm

Edition:

PJ Library Harold Grinspoon ed.

Note:

“This edition published specially for PJ Library/Harold Grinspoon Foundation 2016 by Candlewick Press”--facing t.p.

Based on a true story, the author’s notes at the back of the book provide a brief biography of Morris Moshe Cotel and of Ketzel which means cat in Yiddish.

Note (Local):

Designated by PJ Library for Grade two.

Grade Interest level:

K-2

Awards:

Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2016 Gold medal in Younger Reader category.

Subject:

B'tzelem Elohim (Jewish value) -- Fiction.

Cotel, Morris Moshe, 1943-2008 1943-2008 -- Fiction.

Composers -- Fiction.

Cats -- Fiction.

Contests -- Fiction.