Minette's Feast: The Delicious Story of Julia Child and Her Cat - Hardcover

Reich, Susanna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1419701770 ISBN 13: 9781419701771

Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2012

Synopsis

Minette's Feast introduces the iconic American chef Julia Child to a new audience of young readers through the story of her spirited cat, Minette, whom Julia adopted when living in Paris. While Julia is in the kitchen learning to master delicious French dishes, the only feast Minette is truly interested in is that of fresh mouse! This lively story is complete with an author's note, a bibliography, and actual quotations from Julia Child and comes just in time for the 100th anniversary of her birth.

About this title

From the Author:

I've been a lifelong Julia fan, and was thrilled to meet her when I created the flower arrangements for her 80th birthday party in NYC. Later I became an award-winning children's book author, and for years I wanted to write a book about her. Then I found out she was a cat lover who got her first cat, Minette, when she and her husband lived in Paris. Julia fed Minette leftovers (lucky cat!), and in return Minette brought Julia...fresh-caught mice! Julia wrote about Minette in her letters and memoirs, and now kids can get to know Julia through this funny and very tasty story. Amy Bates' exquisite illustrations perfectly capture both Minette's antics and the warmth and charm of Julia Child and the City of Light. Great for kids, foodies, Francophiles, Julia Child fans and cat lovers, too.

About the Author:

Susanna Reich is an award-winning author of many fiction and nonfiction books. She lives in Ossining, New York. Visit www.susannareich.com. Amy Bates is the illustrator of The Dog Who Belonged to No One and Bear in the Air. She splits her time between the United States and Tokyo.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1419701770
• ISBN 13: 9781419701771
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Bates Amy June