Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude

Gertrude
is Gertrudeis Gertrude
is Gertrude.

And Alice is Alice.

And Gertrude and Alice are Gertrude and Alice.

And you are welcome to join them for tea. But beware, for there you will find a bear in a chair, just barely scary. And here is a beard with a man attached to it. And then, of course, some words might appear, uninvited , but delighted in spite of their lightbulbs. But, but, but, but - that doesn't make any sense! Yes!

In a story inspired by the oh-so-modern groundbreaking writing of Gertrude herself, not a lot makes sense. Even so, the oh-so-popular author Jonah Winter, and the ever-so-popular illustrator Calef Brown, and the most popular poodle of all time, Basket, invite you to enter the whimsical world of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.

Jonah Winter is the author of more than thirty celebrated nonfiction picture books including?Diego, The Secret Project, and Oil, illustrated by Jeanette Winter;?Jazz Age Josephine, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman;?Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the?Bronx, illustrated by Edel Rodriguez;?The Founding Fathers!?illustrated by Barry Blitt; and?Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, illustrated by Shane W. Evans.

Calef Brown is the?#1?New York Times?bestselling author and illustrator of Flamingos on the Roof, Tippintown, Dutch Sneakers and Fleakeepers, and Polkabats and Octopus Slacks. He lives in Maine.