Gertrude Is Gertrude Is Gertrude Is Gertrude

I'm surprised that the specs for this book state ages 9-12. Both of my daughters, ages 2.5 and 5.5 ***love*** this book! It's one of their favorites. It's written in very unusual style for a child's book -- apparently it's written the way Gertrude wrote. Alice is also written a central part of her life, and I'm glad they aren't brushing her under the rug. The illustrations are fantastic, very beautiful, and with a different palette on each page. The text is all over the place, with font size changing to indicate emphasis, and not all lined up on a horizontal plane -- sometimes it's wavy or stacked. Highly recommend this book for people who want to read outside the usual stack.

Gertrude is Gertrude and Alice is Alice and readers are invited to join them for tea. Gertrude is a queen who knows famous writers and has some improbable names for pets in this intriguing story filled with fine drawings by Calef Brown.

Modern, fun, silly and also kind of brilliant. A perfect blend of interesting, lyrical, surprising language and engaging, whimsical illustration, this picture book offers an accessible introduction to a wonderful, modern life.

A pleasant simple habitual and tyrannical and authorised and educated and resumed and articulate separation. This is not tardy. (If you are a fan of 20th Century modern art and literature, you must add this to book to your child's library! It is a brilliant invitation to 27 Rue de Fleurus for all modern-revivalist toddlers. Calef Brown's captivating artwork brings Jonah Winter's Stein-like prose to life. This book is whimsical, modern, fun, semi-historical, and, above all, a perfect introduction to the abstract genius of Gertrude Stein, mother of the Lost Generation.)

At last a children's picture book devoted to Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas! And what an entertaining and fun introduction for both children and adults. The text reflects Gertrude's repetitive, terse style with a touch of humor which I think would also have made her laugh. The events and places chosen for the story accurately reflect aspects of GertrudeandAlice's life together ---whether their parties in Paris (with Picasso, Matisse and Hemingway), their picnics in the countryside, Alice's typing of Gertrude's manuscripts or jaunts with their poodle Basket. The brightly colored illustrations are reminiscent of the vibrant colors in the paintings that hung in their apartment in Paris and are creatively mingled with the text which is presented in small and large fonts. A wonderful book that children and adults will want to browse through over and over again to become a part of the lives of this remarkable couple! Two small errors in the book--Basket their poodle was white not black and in the biographical note about Stein, the year of her birth is incorrect---should be 1874 not 1872. (Maybe these can be fixed in future editions!)