I Absolutely Must Do Colouring-in Now - Lauren Child

This is Actually My Party - Lauren Child

read, but is still quite happy to read my son s copies, who has just discovered the delight that is "Charlie and Lola". The characters were created by Lauren Child, and we were first acquainted with them through the television series shown on Cbeebies, they in themselves were more than enjoyable, so when we saw there were also books to accompany the series I was intrigued to see if they could compare with the imaginative and true to life children s programme. The books story is set around Charlie, who is the oldest of the two s, birthday party. The story always starts the same way, which again is perfect to bring the child you are reading to into the mix, my ...

This is Actually My Party - Lauren Child

My children both adore charlie and lola as many children do, having seen the television programme i thought it would be good for them to read a book of the programme to apprecialte the fact that it was originally a book. This story is really amusing and centers around Charlie's birthday party. Lola, as usual is really excitable and eager. ...

My Uncle Is a Hunkle, Says Clarice Bean - Lauren Child

My daughters are big fans of the Charlie and Lola books written by Lauren Charles, so when we saw a book about another character of hers - Clarice Bean - we decided that it would be a good one to add to our library selection. From the picture on the front cover you can predict that there are likely to be many similarities between this book and the Charlie and Lola ones, not least because Clarice Bean looks very much like a slightly older version of Lola. Clarice Bean lives with her mum and dad, her older brother Kurt who likes to spend all day in bed, her older sister Marcie who is always on the phone to her friends, her dithery old granddad and her younger brother, ...