Minette's Feast

     Minette’s Feast is a truly ‘appetizing’ and delightfully appealing tale by award-winning author Susannah Reich, which introduces children to the life iconic American chef Julia Child as seen through the eyes of her cat, Minette (otherwise known by her full name of “Minette Mimosa McWilliams Child’). As the story begins, readers find Julia and her husband Paul enjoying the sights, sounds, smells and dishes of their new hometown of Paris, France, but something is missing.  The French saying, “Une maison sans chat, c’est la vie sans soleil,” (which translates to, “A house without a cat is like life without sunshine”) takes resonance with the Child’s, and they soon adopt a brown haired, speckled coated cat, who quickly charms and delights her owners with her unique and energetic personality.  While Julia is in the kitchen trying learning how to develop her skills as a chef while enrolled at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu, the only food that Minette desires from her soon-to-be famous chef owner is in the form of a mouse that lives in the walls of the Child’s Parisian apartment.    

     The librarian in me delighted in the additional information prominently featured in the back of the book, as Reich provides her readers with further details on Child’s life and career (a helpful pronunciation guide translates the French words used throughout the storybook.  With delicately charming illustrations by Amy Bates, Minette’s Feast is a lovely, spirited tale of an American culinary legend that you and your children will delight in reading time after time.

Minette’s Feast

Written by Susannah Reich

Illustrated by Amy Bates

Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York

ISBN: 978-1-4197-0177-1

Retails for: $16.99 (Hardcover)


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For Ages 3 and up