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Books with author Lauren Child

  • I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato

    Lauren Child

    Paperback (Candlewick, Sept. 15, 2003)
    "Youngsters will never — not ever — pass up a second helping." — Publishers WeeklyLola is a fussy eater. A very fussy eater. She won’t eat her carrots (until her brother Charlie reveals that they’re orange twiglets from Jupiter). She won’t eat her mashed potatoes (until Charlie explains that they’re cloud fluff from the pointiest peak of Mount Fuji). There are many things Lola won’t eat, including — and especially —tomatoes. Or will she? Two endearing siblings star in a witty story about the triumph of imagination over proclivity.
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  • Charlie Is Broken!

    Lauren Child

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, Nov. 12, 2009)
    Charlie and Lola are planning to put on a circus show, but their plans are cut short when Charlie breaks his arm. Not only is Lola worried because Charlie has hurt himself but also because he is feeling a bit sad. Can Lola find a way to cheer him up?
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  • You Can Be My Friend

    Lauren Child

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, Dec. 27, 2007)
    Lola is excited because she is going to spend the afternoon with Morten, the little brother of Charlie’s best friend. Lola has planned out the entire afternoon with fun and games, but her hopes are dashed when she discovers that Morten is so shy he won’t even speak! Lola tries everything she can think of to get Morten to break out of his shell, but nothing does the trick. How will Lola and Morten have fun?
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  • The New Small Person

    Lauren Child

    Paperback (Candlewick, Sept. 11, 2018)
    Lauren Child tells the familiar tale of a less-than-welcome sibling with subtlety, insight, affection, and humor.Elmore Green starts life as an only child, as many children do. He has a room to himself, where he can line up his precious things and nobody will move them one inch. But one day everything changes. When the new small person comes along, it seems that everybody might like it a bit more than they like Elmore Green. And when the small person knocks over Elmore’s things and even licks his jelly-bean collection, Elmore’s parents say that he can’t be angry because the small person is only small. Elmore wants the small person to go back to wherever it came from. Then, one night, everything changes. . . . In her signature visual style, Lauren Child gets to the heart of a child’s evolving emotions about becoming a big brother or sister.
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  • I Completely Must Do Drawing Now and Painting and Coloring

    Lauren Child

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, June 14, 2007)
    Even the rainiest of days is no match for the wonderful imaginations of Charlie and Lola! It may be dull outside, but Charlie and Lola?s world is full of colorful adventure, and with this unique coloring book, kids can join in on the fun. With simple text on the page, activities, and tons of space to draw, the possibilities are endless! It?s the perfect way to bring imagination to life?rainy day or any day!
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  • I Want to Be Much More Bigger Like You

    Lauren Child

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, June 12, 2008)
    Lola is convinced that this is the year that she?ll finally be tall enough to ride the ?Super Duper Loop-the-Looper? rollercoaster. But when Charlie measures her on a growth chart, it shows that she?s still too small. Lola tries everything she can think of to make herself bigger, but nothing does the trick. Will Lola be stuck going on kiddie rides forever?
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  • I Can Do Anything That's Everything All On My Own

    Lauren Child

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, Jan. 10, 2008)
    Today Lola wants to do everything all on her own, but things aren't as easy as she thought they'd be. In the park, when Charlie and his friend Marv explain to Lola that a seesaw won't "see" or "saw" with only one person on it, Lola reluctantly lets them sit on the other end. When Lola soars into the sky, it launches her into an elaborate high-seas fantasy where she saves Marv and Charlie from ever-soevil pirates. All on her own!
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  • Slightly Invisible

    Lauren Child

    Paperback (Candlewick, June 14, 2016)
    Charlie learns that visibility is relative - but Lola’s quick-wittedness is crystal clear - in this absolutely new picture book from Lauren Child. (Ages 3-7) Charlie and his friend Marv have invented an invisibility potion to help them find strange and tricky creatures, which they would prefer to do without Charlie’s little sister, Lola, bothering and interrupting. But when Lola enlists a bit of help from her invisible friend, Soren Lorensen - not to mention a tea set, a rabbit, a stroller, and of course one or three glasses of pink mil k- it turns out that the strange and tricky creatures have met their match in one very resourceful, inventive little sister.
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  • My Completely Best Story Collection. Lauren Child

    Lauren Child

    Hardcover (Puffin Books, July 3, 2008)
    Charlie has this little sister, Lola, and together they have lots of extremely good adventures and do some very fun things. All Charlie and Lola fans will love this collection of five favorite stories, featuring Charlie and Lola, their friends Lotta and Marv and, of course, Marv's dog Sizzles!
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  • I Can't Stop Hiccuping!

    Lauren Child

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, Jan. 7, 2010)
    The day of the school concert, Lola and Lotta are practicing the song they're going to perform when Lola gets a bad case of the hiccups. Everyone tries to help her get rid of them, but nothing works. Will Lola be able to stop hiccuping in time for the show?
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  • Lauren Child Ruby Redfort Collection 6 Books Set

    Lauren Child

    Paperback (Harper Collins, March 15, 2017)
    Lauren Child Ruby Redfort Collection 6 Books Set (Book 1-6) (Pick Your Poison, Look into My Eyes, Take Your Last Breath, Catch Your Death, Feel the Fear, Blink and You Die)
  • But I Am an Alligator

    Lauren Child

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, Jan. 10, 2008)
    Lola has a favorite alligator costume that she wants to wear absolutely everywhere. Charlie tells her she can?t wear it ALL the time, but Lola argues that she can. Much to Charlie?s embarrassment, Lola wears her alligator costume to the supermarket and the park. She even plans to wear it for her school talk called ?All about Me!? Can Charlie stop Lola from making a fool of herself in front of the whole school?
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