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Little Called Pauline Gertrude Stein

Little Called Pauline By Gertrude Stein

Little Called Pauline by Gertrude Stein

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Summary

Jump into extreme language play with A Little Called Pauline where young readers will experience Gertrude Stein's playful, mysterious language for the very first time-and delight in a girl named Pauline who lives by the sea with her mom.

Little Called Pauline Summary

Little Called Pauline by Gertrude Stein

Pauline lives with her mom in a house on stilts by the sea. A Little Called Pauline is the first picture book adaptation of a poem from Gertrude Stein's groundbreaking 1914 book Tender Buttons.

Featuring vibrant illustrations from poet-artist Bianca Stone, A Little Called Pauline invites young readers to experience Stein's playful, mysterious language for the very first time and to delight in the adventures of a girl named Pauline. According to Stone's afterword, Pauline likes to do things her mom does, like type on a typewriter, and she doesn't like to wear dresses. She also really, really wants to get a fancy crown at the market on her birthday, but they don't have enough money...and Pauline throws a bit of a tantrum. Later, while her mom has a grownup birthday party for her, she runs away and jumps into a little boat. She rows out to sea. And all her family friends are searching for her. She sees all kinds of beautiful sights on her boat, but then things go terribly wrong, and Pauline needs to be rescued. In the end she is so glad for what she has, more than any crown to put on her head. Because she has a whole group of friends and family who love her-especially her mom.

Little Called Pauline Reviews

If you want a book that gives your children raw, unblemished poetry in a form they CAN'T understand and love NOT understanding, this is the book for them. This is a book for kids (and adults) unafraid to use their brains. This is a book with guts and glory packed in its pages. See if you're brave enough to give it a shot. Review of the Day on Betsy Bird's Fuse 8 Productions, a School Library Journal blog
Poetry is 'a continuous adventure with your own mind,' writes artist and poet Stone ( The Moebius Strip Club of Grief , for adults) in her afterword to this ambitious illustrated volume: 'All it asks is that you do'. What Stone does is pair fluid ink and wash sketches with Stein's radical-as-ever, 106-year-old poem from Tender Buttons , creating a story about a girl who knows her own mind. Nearing her birthday, Pauline is willful in ways that every kid can recognize: she refuses to wear the floofy dresses sent by a grandparent ('A little/ lace makes/ boils', says Pauline, standing stubbornly in her underpants. 'This/ is not/ true', responds her mother) and throws a tantrum when she's denied an expensive crown at the market. Unhappy at her birthday party, she ditches it by commandeering a boat, and narrowly avoids a watery demise ('Cough out/ Cough out in the leather') thanks to her mother's heroism. When the coveted crown makes a surprise arrival via delivery bird, Pauline knows who really deserves it. As words and pictures sometimes sync up and sometimes mischievously thwart easy connection, readers may feel they've traveled far beyond their comfort zones. Luckily, they have excellent companions in Stein and Stone. Ages 7--11. Publishers Weekly

About Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein was a poet, novelist, playwright, and art collector born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on February 3, 1874. She grew up in Oakland, California, and moved to Paris in 1903, where she lived with her life partner, Alice B. Toklas, until she died in 1946. Known for her experimental language play, Stein published her famous Tender Buttons in 1914, the collection of prose poems A Little Called Pauline comes from. She loved to host gatherings of writers at her home in Paris, including Ernest Hemingway, Sherwood Anderson, and Ezra Pound. She published one picture book in 1939 called The World is Round, illustrated by Clement Hurd. Bianca Stone is a poet and visual artist. She is the author of Someone Else's Wedding Vows (Tin House & Octopus Books, 2014), Poetry Comics From the Book of Hours, (Pleiades, 2016), and The Mobius Strip Club of Grief (Tin House, 2018). She collaborated with Anne Carson on Antigonick, a book pairing Carson's translation of Antigone with Stone's illustration and comics (New Directions, 2012). Her poems and artwork have appeared in such magazines as the New Yorker, jubilat and Poetry. She is Director of Programs at the Ruth Stone House in Goshen, Vermont.

Additional information

CIN0999658492G
9780999658499
0999658492
Little Called Pauline by Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein
Used - Good
Hardback
Penny Candy Books
20200430
1
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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