![]() The real Rose had two dogs, Love and Pépé who both appear in the book. This real Rose was a child Stein knew, the daughter of her neighbour in Bilignin, France. Stein dedicated the book “To Rose Lucy Renée Anne d’Aiguy, A French Rose,”. ![]() The book’s main character is called Rose. An existential and esoteric mix of unpunctuated prose and deep, thought provoking poetry. The World Is Round is one of the strangest children’s books ever published. ![]() The publisher made a brave and progressive choice. They sent the demanding author several samples of illustrators in their stable and reluctantly Stein chose one. Despite their concerns about legibility the publisher decided they could just about meet the pink pages/blue ink but didn’t think Rose was right for the book. Also, every single page should be pink and the ink in blue. ![]() She specified that her book be illustrated by Sir Francis Cyril Rose, a truly awful English painter who she inexplicably championed. Stein did have some conditions for the publisher. Gertrude Stein however, said yes, she was working on a children’s book already called The World Is Round, and it was nearly complete. In 1938, the children’s author, Margaret Wise Brown asked a series of prominent American authors to write a one-off children’s book for her publishing house, Young Scott Books. ![]()
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