About this item
Julia Child knew how to have fun, and she also knew how to whip up a delightful meal. After traveling around the world working for the U.S. government, Julia found her calling in the kitchen and devoted her life to learning, perfecting, and sharing the art of French cuisine. This delicious, illustrated biography is a portrait of the remarkable woman, author, and TV personality who captured our hearts with her sparkling personality. "Bon apptit!"Lexile Level: 1030LGuided Reading level T, grade 5
About the Author
Erin Hagar writes fiction and nonfiction for children and teens. Her manuscript, There Was a War On, was awarded first prize in the picture book category in the 2013 Hunger Mountain Literary Journal's writing competition. (It will be published under another title by Charlesbridge Press in 2016.)
Erin holds an M.F.A. in Writing for Children from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Baltimore with her husband and two children. Despite writing a biography of Julia Child, she has not yet trussed a chicken. However, she bakes a mean molasses cookie.
