I am Too Absolutely Small for School - Lauren Child

I am too absolutely small for school The book has won several prizes including the Smarties Gold Award and the kate Greenaway Medal, and has been heralded as the book that "no first timer should start school without..." (Sunday Times). ##THE STORY## Featuring the popular children's characters Charlie and Lola, the story focuses on Little sister Lola who is big enough for school, but is undecided as to whether she is actually old enough or indeed whether she has enough time for school. Charlie suggests that at school Lola will learn numbers but Lola believes she needs only her fingers and her toes to do all the counting she ...  Read the complete review

Noah absolutely loves Charlie and Lola so when he recived so money around Easter, I decided it invest in this story for him! It cost £5.99 but I got it as part of an offer in WHSmith. The story tells of sweet little lola who is just about at the age to start school. She is adamant that she doesn't need to go because her knowledge surpasses anything anyone else could teach. When Charlie points out that she might not be able to feed eleven large elephants because she can only count up to ten or that she can't participate in leaving secret messages on the fridge door, Lola decides that perhaps she does need to educate herself a little further. This ...  Read the complete review

I bought a set of books for my daughter from the book people. The set was 10 books buy Lauren Child in the set was a book called "I am too absolutely small for school" This book has proven to be popular with my 6 year-old daughter. Tonight when I put her to bed, she asked for this book to be read to her. This was the first time I have read this book and I thought it was very good. Lauren Child has written a lot of book many of them are about the characters Lola and Charlie they are also featured on TV. Lola and Charlie are very popular with young children. I am too absolutely small for school is a lovely book about Lola starting school. ...  Read the complete review

The main characters in this book, Lola and Charlie, star in a children's cartoon, which immediately catches the interest of children to see characters they are familiar with in a different context. The story follows Charlie as he tries to persuade his younger sister Lola that starting school is a good idea. As the story progresses he questions her view of everything she needs to know, and calms some of her worries about school. Lola eventually agrees that going to school will be a good thing for all the interesting and useful things she will learn, but disguises her worries in the worries of her imaginary friend. This is a fun book to read, but is perhaps better ...  Read the complete review

'I am Too Absolutely Small for School' is a brilliant book which is written by Lauren Child and features the characters Charlie and Lola who can be seen on Cbeebies every day. This is an animated TV series which centres on a boy called Charlie, who I would guess is about seven, and his younger sister Lola who is probably about four. Lola always has very strong opinions about lots of things, and Charlie always tries to put her straight! The TV series is really quite endearing and the same can be said of this book too. 'I am Too Absolutely Small for School' is Lola's opinion when she discovers that she is soon to start school. She claims that she is ...  Read the complete review