My kindergartener stayed home from school the other day, after I was shamed by his teacher for sending him in with a cough the day before. So we had a little home school time and discovered a treasure:
Crepes by Suzette by Monica Wellington. Suzette owns a little crepe cart she pushes around Paris. Mixed media depictions of famous places in Paris (Notre Dame and the Louvre, of course, and also L’Opera and the Tuileries.) are the background to Suzette’s day as she serves crepes to cartoon copies of personages from famous paintings: Cassette’s mother bathing her child, Mona Lisa, Degas’ Little Dancer, Seurat’s circus performers, and Chagall’s Bride and Groom. I love books like this that combine history and art into a new story.
So after we finished reading we followed the simple recipe in the back of the book for crepes. They would’ve been better with Nutella, but melted chocolate chips tasted awfully good.
Add crepes to my lovelist!
And add sick days to the gratitude list. Nothing like a day at home with a schedule cleared by germs for enjoying a stack of library books.
