Portrait in Poems, A
The Storied Life of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas
Description
A delightful introduction to one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century art and literature. Here’s an insider’s tour of the lives of Gertrude Stein and her partner, Alice B. Toklas, and it explores their art collection, famous writer and artist friends and even their dog, Basket. It also describes how Gertrude’s book The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas was not about Alice, but more about Gertrude herself! Poems, paintings, and Paris come to life in this biography.
Reviews
Together, the poems and the short pieces combine to tell a larger story about this influential literary figure.
- Booklist
... this delightful book presents their charmed life in Paris as a model of creativity, neatly captured by Katstaller's colored pencil sketches and Robillard's attention to the playful soundscapes in Stein's poetry.
- New York Times
A book that is rich in strong personalities and perspectives on art. Robillard details the life of Stein and Toklas in engaging and age-appropriate ways.
- School Library Journal
This accessible, kid-sized portrayal of Stein and Toklas' famous relationship is a charmer.
- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
... this introduction to the figure and her partner charms.
- Publishers Weekly
The gouache and colored pencil illustrations flawlessly echo the tone of the poems that comprise the text---both playful and profound, rather like Stein and Toklas themselves. —Cooperative Children`s Book Center
... what emanates from these pages, through the chatty, accessible verse and the buoyant artwork, is a sense of the integrity that comes with a well-observed and well-lived life.
- Wall Street Journal