

Alice Atherton's Grand Tour
Author: Lesley M. M. Blume
Narrator: Cassandra Campbell
Unabridged: 4 hr 28 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Listening Library
Published: 10/10/2023
Categories: Children's Fiction, Historical Stories
Synopsis
Ten-year-old Alice Atherton is sent by her father to spend the summer with his dear friends the Murphys who live with their three children and pet monkey in the French Riveria. There, Alice will meet and learn from some of the most extraordinary luminaries of the time. She visits a junk yard with Pablo Picasso looking for objects to make into art, performs a dance inspired by celestial bodies with the renowned Ballet Russes, and imagines magical adventures with Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
An uplifting story that will appeal to readers who love books by authors like Kate DiCamillo and Jeanne Birdsall.