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Julia Child to Get Commemorative Children’s Book, Too

Will there be a Saturday morning cartoon, too?
Will there be a Saturday morning cartoon, too? Photo: Amazon

Julia Child’s 100th birthday will be one for the books, literally. In addition to that new biography we mentioned last week, another publisher will release a children’s book version of Julia’s life called Bon Appetit!: The Delicious Life of Julia Child. It’s formatted like “a goofy scrapbook, with handwritten anecdotes,” as Squid Ink reports, and manages to capture Julia’s joie de vivre without ever talking down to the intended audience. Also, it sounds like the book wants to indoctrinate a new generation of American foodinistas into all things gourmet and French, attaching funny stories to cooking moments, like the time Julia pulled a bouquet garni out of a stockpot on air and declared, “It looks like a dead mouse!” As School Library Journal informs us, “Books for young foodies are very popular [right now].” Ugh. [Squid Ink]

Julia Child to Get Commemorative Children’s Book, Too