Carol Katz

Carol Katz has had four different careers: teacher, librarian, archivist, and administrative assistant. She was the Archivist at the Jewish Public Library and the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Center for several years. She taught reading to children and adults with learning disabilities and was active in the Learning Disabilities Association of Quebec for many years. She volunteered her time organizing the archival collection of the Quebec Writers Federation and the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre Archives. She acted as a guide for art exhibitions at the Eleanor London Cote St. Luc Public Library.

Ms. Katz loves music, literature, art, sculpture, and musical theatre. She has taken art, sculpture, and creative writing classes and sang in the choir at the Creative Social Center (a senior center in Montreal). She plays guitar and percussion in two bands. She’s an avid reader of fiction, nonfiction, and mystery. She is an art enthusiast and a published author. Her inspiration comes on buses. She calls it “Writing in Motion.” She has written and illustrated a graphic novel, Mad or Bad: The Story of My Grandmother.

She lives in Montreal, Quebec, is married to Sol Katz, bibliophile, and has two wonderful children.

Book Reviews by Carol Katz

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"In music, impact comes from steady improvement, pruning, intensifying, through intelligence, sensitivity."

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“With easy-to-follow instructions, clear examples and delightful colorful illustrations, this is a useful book for beginning and advanced artists, willing to try this unique Japanese art fo

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“The book highlights the bravery, courage, and determination of a female doctor ahead of her time, saving broken bones as well as broken souls. Every woman's heroine.

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"‘Becoming the library, as if it were swallowing her whole . . . an infinite nothing—everything, a god—no, a place—which is it? . . . a realm, a guide, a library, a god.’"

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"I saw the two of them leave the party. I could think of no appropriate reason for them to sneak off together, but I told myself it was none of my business."

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“A riveting story for all those who are a fan of historical fiction and the issue of art stolen by the Nazis.”

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"Our research has proved that the chicken came not just before the egg, but before anything else in the known universe."

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 "‘I think they're collecting information about us. Companies do that sort of thing. You should see the data my brother has about visitors to his website.’"

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“With its helpful tools for beginning artists, imaginative sketches on every page, and its unique approach to drawing this book will also benefit the adult budding artists.”

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"‘The surreal, nightmare quality of the scene dissolved, and I saw only Joanna, impossibly still and silent.’"

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“this compulsively readable novel of historical fiction is about three courageous women trying to triumph over the forces of history and forced to make life-altering choices.”

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“This fast-paced novel is a nail-biting suspenseful story, dealing with family relationships, love, devotion, personal sacrifices, and the chances parents must take sometimes to save their

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“Susan Herbert's imaginative scenes by classic artists from the 15th to the 19th centuries, accompanied by Corine Fletcher's charming feline pop-ups, will delight cat fans and culture buffs

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“Written with humor and compassion, laughter and tears, Normal Sucks will inspire all of us to embrace and celebrate our differences.”

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"‘Although his days on earth were limited to the summer season of his life, the music he left behind, endowed with his extraordinary inventiveness and intellectual curiosity has yet to ceas

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"‘Books have songs, songs have stories, and then there are humans at the heart of the jumbled mess.’"

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“This book, with its colorful depictions of Henri Matisse's 50 works and its explicit, detailed descriptions, is a gem and a treasure about an artist whom you thought you knew.”

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“. . . a hilarious romp through chemistry and biology. . . . A fun way to learn the science of life.”

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"Smart, capable people come in all different packages."

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"There was a feeling of immersion into a vastness of humanity, of what seemed to some the beginning of a new age."

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"Homa found another way to record her thoughts. 'I used the tail of my toothbrush to write on the wall. The act of writing helped me memorize my thoughts.'”

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Open this graphic novel and the striking yellow and red illustrations will keep you turning the pages.

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"’While he seethed, the big world seethed around him. War was imminent. He was powerless. He was nobody. Nothing—no money, nor influence, nor status . .

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"She made mistakes. She learned. She grew. She paid the bills."

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"From a humble beginning to a life among the stars."

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“How did a sickly kid from a poor family in Pittsburgh become Andy Warhol, the cultural superstar?”

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"And Charlie began to understand

How Funny and Sad went hand in hand."

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"‘The truth of the Apollo's great history is the stuff of which myths are made.’"

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"Epilepsy, in particular, is all too often odder than the folklore that surrounds it."

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"When we tell them about the things that have given us strength, some say that ours isn't an autism story—it's a love story."

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“For the music lover who wants to explore the textures and unconventional harmonies which set Debussy apart as the greatest French composer of his time.”

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“No one was awake to see it except Rickman the cat.”

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Have you ever wondered about the growing up years of Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Marie Curie, and Stephen Hawking?

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In this historical fiction novel, the author meticulously researched the lives of Judith Leyster and Maria de Grebber, two unknown Dutch painters in the 17th century.

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"In a small boat,

with a small hope,

in a rising wind,

on a rising sea."

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Based on ten years of wide-ranging research, Alan Walker has produced the most comprehensive biography and musical analysis to date on Poland's most famous musician and composer.

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Introduces young children to 10 orchestra instruments. Quirky animal characters. Realistic drawings.

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A small town. A big secret. A deadly game. A dark, contemporary thriller.

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An authoritative tour of the brain. Groundbreaking research into how the brain processes information.

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Be prepared for an eerie night-time experience!

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This is a graphic novel with a difference.