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B is for beer

In this story for both children and adults, kindergartner Gracie decides to find out just what beer is and why her father likes it so much. Along the way she discovers more than she probably expected.

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  • "Tom Robbins B wie Bier"

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  • "In this story for both children and adults, kindergartner Gracie decides to find out just what beer is and why her father likes it so much. Along the way she discovers more than she probably expected."@en
  • "Tom Robbins' first fiction in five years (and perhaps his most audacious ever), B is for Beer explores various aspects of beer culture - ancient, modern, and otherworldly; brutal, infantile and divine - and dramatises the surprising things that happen when the life of a feisty nursery school kid named Gracie Perkel intersects with each. Billed by Robbins as 'the first children's book about beer', this inspired work taps into the barrel of life's existential mysteries and is truly meant to sit proudly with his other novels in grown-up literature sections."
  • "A kindergartner named Gracie Perkel learns all about beer and its history from her uncle and the Beer Fairy."
  • "As Robbins describes it, "An adult book for children, a children's book for adults" that tells the story of the history and culture of beer through the eyes of the young, charming, and precocious Gracie Perkel. Complete with original art by Robbins' long time illustrator and the quirky humor, zen insight, and memorable characters that will delight his legions of fans, B IS FOR BEER is Robbins for all ages."
  • "A Children's Book About Beer' Yes, believe it or not'but B Is for Beer is also a book for adults, and bear in mind that it's the work of maverick bestselling novelist Tom Robbins, inter-nationally known for his ability to both seriously illuminate and comically entertain. nce upon a time (right about now) there was a planet (how about this one') whose inhabitants consumed thirty-six billion gallons of beer each year (it's a fact, you can Google it). Among those affected, each in his or her own way, by all the bubbles, burps, and foam, was a smart, wide-eyed, adventurous kindergartner named Gracie; her distracted mommy; her insensitive dad; her non-conformist uncle; and a magical, butt-kicking intruder from a world within our world. Populated by the aforementioned characters'and as charming as it may be subversive'B Is for Beer involves readers, young and old, in a surprising, far-reaching investigation into the limits of reality, the transformative powers of children, and, of course, the ultimate meaning of a tall, cold brewski."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"

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  • "B wie Bier Ein Buch für große Kinder"
  • "B wie Bier ein Buch für grosse Kinder"
  • "B is for beer"@en
  • "B is for beer"
  • "B wie Bier : ein Buch für große Kinder"
  • "B Is For Beer"
  • "B wie Bier : ein Buch für grosse Kinder"

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