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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2016 | Picture Books
K-Gr 3—Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein lived famously at 27 rue de Fleurus in Paris, entertaining and encouraging writers and artists from Ernest Hemingway to Pablo Picasso. Their loving partnership lasted nearly 40 years; while Stein (who was inept in the kitchen) wrote, Toklas cooked and kept home (and later penned a cookbook). In this fictionalized account of a birthday fête, Stein plans to surprise Toklas with a "special dinner" and celebratory poem. As Toklas spends the day strolling ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on April 1, 2016
Given that its conclusion depends on everyone's favorite recipe from The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book, the audience for this elegant bonne bouche is a little hard to see, but let's just roll with it. It is Alice Babette's birthday; her friend Gertrude is planning a surprise dinner; Ger...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on April 1, 2016
It is Alice Babette's birthday, and her friend Gertrude is planning a surprise dinner. While disaster is being brewed (but poetry...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
