This book was really interesting and I greatly enjoyed reading a story that I knew nothing about previously. The illustrations and presentation are really lovely. This will.make a nice addition to the class library.

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Loved the illustrations on this one, they made an interesting story even better! but also it was a little bit hard to understand.

Such an interesting book! I didn’t recognize half of the names in this book. It was really interesting to see Picasso at work with such an interesting woman.

I love how children’s books can teach them about history without being boring.

I love everything Paris and was so happy to see such a great book for children that has beautiful pictures.

Beautiful writing and a lovely use of verse. This is a book to absolutely treasure visually and in terms of the words the author chooses.

This is a charming story about Gertrude Stein and her world including her brother, Alice and the many artists that they knew. Gertrude's acquaintance with Picasso is there as are stories about Gertrude's salon. Space is even given to the sweet dog, Basket. The illustrations are whimsical and very appealing. The story itself is simply told and engages the reader/listener. Additionally, the text is interspersed with quotes.

At the end of the book, there are additional sections. One of these focuses on why Stein's artworks were not taken by the Germans during WWII. There are also a timeline, a list of Stein's writings and a bibliography.

I found this book to be very appealing. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title in exchange for an honest review.

Hmmm… This book tells you what you can do when you visit Paris , and what you can see in regard to the two people that are its focus. But on this evidence I have no inclination to ever go there again. The brevity of the piece means we have to just take it on as gospel that Stein was a genius (patently untrue on the evidence here), and for me there was zero impetus to even start to think of making a pilgrimage. I like the fact that juvenile biographies about atypical, unexpected subjects are available, but they have to attend to the fact that often the topic needs to be sold to the reader, and this didn't start that. And the blankest, verseless "blank verse" approach helped nobody, either.