A Portrait in Poems: The Storied Life of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Robillard Evie

In playful free verse, author Evie Robillard offers a unique introduction to one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century art and literature. It includes twelve child-friendly quotations from Steins work, such as: It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. Illustrator Rachel Katstallers fun yet detailed art delightfully evokes the time and place of the text. Touching on literature, history, writing and the visual arts, this biography offers loads of direct curriculum applications. Back matter includes a time line, snapshots, sources and an authors note with further background.