Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude by Jonah Winter

A stylistic biography of Gertrude Stein, this picture book (subtitled And Gertrude is Gertrude Stein, a most fabulous writer, who lived a most fabulous life) gives snippets of facts in Stein's unique style. Parties, famous people, and nights spent writing are described with such prose as "Everyone who's everyone is at this party. And everyone is everyone. And if everyone is everyone, they must come to this party." The illustrations are colorful, playful and bold and add to the frivolity and fun of the images created of Stein, Alice B. Tolkis and the other artists and writers who lived in the creative world of Paris in the early 20th Century. Young readers will enjoy the pictures and the repetitive phrasing although they probably won't understand any of the references. Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude by Jonah Winter. Illustrated by Caleb Brown. Antheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.