Julia, Child

PRAISE FOR Julia, Child:

Finalist, Governor General's Literary Awards

"Julia, Child is not only a book about the joy of cooking, but the wonder of childhood, and, like the best cooking, is meant to be savored. . . . I guarantee it'll leave you hungry." --The National Post

"There is a dash of truth in [the idea that children are wise in ways that adults have forgotten]--enough to make quite appetizing this gracefully illustrated book." --The Wall Street Journal

"Maclear works in a genre that I believe she has invented: the fictional childhood anecdote of a famous person. Here she takes elements from the life of chef Julia (no-comma) Child and transposes them to the childhood of a little girl, also named Julia. Morstad's illustrations, which show children in full colour and adults in line-drawn black and white, are full of jokey details. . . . The sight of adults running amok is always a pleasure. . . . And what child has not come to the conclusion, along with Julia, that 'too many grown-ups don't have the proper ingredients'?" --Featured Review, Quill and Quire