New Releases by Lauren Child

Celebrate 25 years of the iconic Charlie and Lola with this superly special birthday edition of the bestselling picture book about fussy eating. This modern classic has sold over 1 million copies worldwide and was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Lola will not eat peas. In fact she won't eat carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, cabbage or baked beans. And she will absolutely not ever NEVER eat a tomato. But when Charlie explains that peas are actually green drops from Greenland, and carrots are really orange twiglets from Jupiter, even Lola is tempted to clear her plate . . . . A warm and funny picture book that's perfect for even the fussiest of eaters, from the award-winning creator, Lauren Child. This special new edition features the original story with behind-the-scenes extras like funny responses to frequently-asked questions, early character sketches and a sneak-peek into the making of the book. Don't miss these other original Charlie and Lola picture books: I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed I Am Too Absolutely Small for School Slightly Invisible One Thing A Dog with Nice Ears

A completely NEW and original picture book to celebrate 25 years of the iconic Charlie and Lola! I have this little sister Lola. She is small and very funny. If Lola even thinks about Christmas she can't sit still on her chair. If you BREATHE the word Christmas she hops up and down. If you say, "Christmas is coming," she just runs round and round. Lola is wishing every minute for Christmas, but it is a long way away and too far to wait. Can her brother Charlie think of some clever ways to make the time pass more quickly? Find out in this hugely relatable and funny story about how to wait for something when you really can't wait from bestselling and award-winning Lauren Child. Satisfying, stylish storytelling from a true picture book original The return of beloved siblings Charlie and Lola, stars of the BAFTA award-winning CBeebies TV series The perfect book to kickstart your Christmas countdown 'Lauren Child is a star...' The Guardian Other original Charlie and Lola picture books by Lauren Child: I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato I Am Too Absolutely Small for School I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed Slightly Invisible One Thing A Dog with Nice Ears

Clarice Bean is back with all her trademark humour in this heartwarming story by former Children’s Laureate Lauren Child

A new 20th anniversary edition of the utterly classic Clarice Bean, Utterly Me, the very first novel by bestselling Children's Laureate, Lauren Child. Clarice Bean loves reading the adventures of Ruby Redfort, ace girl detective and secret undercover agent. Ruby is always going on exciting missions, but the most Clarice gets to do is go to the local shop on her own . . . But when Clarice and her best friend, Betty Moody, decide to do their school project on the Ruby Redfort books, they suddenly start finding mysteries everywhere. Like why are all the coats on the wrong hooks at school? Where has Granddad disappeared to? And just what is going on in the garden shed? 'An utterly fantastic book.' The Sunday Times

A brilliant new Charlie and Lola picture book from multi-award-winning author and Children's Laureate Lauren Child! Lola wants a dog - but the qualities of her perfect pooch seem oddly like those of a ... rabbit! Silly, surprising, thoughtful and fun, Charlie and Lola are on top form in this fantastically funny story, packed full of dogs of every shape, size and colour. Lauren Child's endlessly endearing characters and inimitable humour will be a sure-fire hit with existing and new fans - this is the perfect tale for anyone who has ever imagined what having the perfect pet would be like. A new Charlie and Lola story is the gold standard in picture books - the perfect read-aloud that both children and parents will love. Discover more hilarious original picture books about Charlie and Lola: Charlie and Lola: I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato Charlie and Lola: I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed Charlie and Lola: I Am Too Absolutely Small for School Charlie and Lola: Slightly Invisible Charlie and Lola: One Thing

Say goodbye to Ruby Redfort: every smart kid's smart kid. The mind-blowing conclusion to the thrilling series by award-winning author Lauren Child. Ruby Redfort: undercover agent, code-cracker and thirteen-year-old genius - you can count on her when the ice starts to crack. All good things come to an end... Ruby Redfort is running scared, a whole bunch of people want her dead and worst of all one of them is on her team. But just who is this agent of doom? You can run, Ruby, but you can't hide...

How do you catch a thief who isn’t there? Ruby discovers the perils of throwing caution to the wind as she embarks on her fourth adventure. Ruby Redfort has a lot of reasons to feel confident. Undercover agent, code cracker, thirteen-year-old genius — she’s one fearless kid, buster. Unmasking an evil villain? Done. Honing her parkour skills by climbing skyscrapers and leaping across roofs? All in a day’s work. Heeding the warning signs? Well, not so much. When a ghostly foe begins stealing from the highest buildings in Twinford, Ruby Redfort is ready to defy death one more time to capture the bandit. But fearlessness can lead to taking risks, which can land a person in very serious trouble. While Ruby may think she’s invincible, there’s truth to the saying that recklessness always comes before a fall.

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.

Thirteen year-old genius and undercover agent Ruby Redfort, must use all of her skills to capture the culprits responisble for releasing tigers in Twinford.

The members of the Shrimpton family live to be noticed with the exception of Maude who prefers to blend in, and her habit of keeping a low profile is what might save her when she receives a ferocious tiger as a birthday gift.

Crack open Ruby Redfort’s second adventure — and you will literally be on the edge of your wits. Everyone’s favorite girl detective is back for a second mind-blowing installment, packed with all the off-the-wall humor, action, and friendship of the first book. This time, though, it’s an adventure on the wide-open ocean, and Ruby is all at sea. . . . Can she crack the case of the Twinford pirates while evading the clutches of a vile sea monster as well as the evil Count von Viscount? Well, you wouldn’t want to bet against her.

Ruby Redfort: secret agent, detective, thirteen-year-old kid. And now... survival expert.

A Kate Greenaway Medal winning story about fussy eating, from Children's Laureate Lauren Child. Lola will not eat peas. In fact, she won't eat carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, eggs, sausages, cauliflower, cabbage or baked beans. And she absolutely will not EVER eat a tomato. But then Charlie explains to Lola that these are not peas - these are green drops from Greenland. And those orange things that look like carrots are actually twiglets from Jupiter. And, suddenly, even Lola is tempted to clear her plate. Now in a chunky board book, perfect for sharing with the very youngest Charlie and Lola fans. As seen on CBeebies! 'A superb book to make you laugh out loud' - Bookseller 'So good it's exhilarating' - Independent

This eBook has been optimised for viewing on colour devices. Lola has got her first ever wobbly tooth and is determined to hang on to it. That is until she finds out about the the tooth fairy. Suddenly the race is on to wobble that tooth out of her mouth and under her pillow. But disaster strikes when she loses her precious tooth before bedtime. How will the tooth fairy know to visit her?

Thirteen-year-old Ruby, a genius code-cracker and daring detective, gets an anonymous call setting a challenge that leads her to the headquarters of Spectrum, a highly secret anti-crime agency that needs her help to crack a code, but soon Ruby uncovers dastardly plans of the Fool's Gold Gang.

Charlie and Lola are very excited as they will be going on a school trip to London.

Hey, buster! Normal life is a total yawn. Break out of boredom with Ruby Redfort, the super-awesome creation from multi-million-copy bestseller Lauren Child...

Hey, buster! Normal life is a total yawn. Break out of boredom with Ruby Redfort, the super-awesome creation from multi-million-copy bestseller Lauren Child... Want to know more? Of course you do, bozo. Here's the low-down on Ruby Redfort: she's a genius code-cracker, a daring detective, and a gadget-laden special agent who just happens to be a thirteen-year-old girl. She and her slick side-kick butler, Hitch, foil crimes and get into loads of scrapes with evil villains, but they're always ice-cool in a crisis. In LOOK INTO MY EYES, we go right back to Ruby's beginnings as an agent. When an anonymous caller sets Ruby a challenge, it's not long before she finds her way into the HQ of the most secret of secret agencies - SPECTRUM. They need her help to crack a code but her desk job soon spirals into an all-out action adventure, as Ruby uncovers the dastardly plans of the formidable Fool's Gold Gang...

The endearing, utterly entertaining Clarice Bean is the star of three full-length adventures featuring Child's wacky wit and eccentric visual energy. This boxed set contains Uttlery Me, Clarice Bean, Clarice Bean Spells Trouble, and Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now.

Lola is going to the optician. She has decided that she absolutely MUST have glasses. Charlie says, ?You?ll only get glasses if you really, really need them.? But Lola says, ?I really DO need them, Charlie.?

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?

Charlie has this little sister Lola. Lola is always very extremely busy. Join her as she and Charlie giggle their way through a typical fun-packed Charlie and Lola-ish kind of day, from early morning to late at night! With four mini board books ideal for little hands to hold, featuring extremely good and new Charlie and Lola stories in a sturdy presentation slipcase, this is a perfect gift for your little one!

Lola keeps calling for Charlie's help and each time, a concerned Charlie rushes in only to find that there is no real problem. Now that Charlie's on to Lola's game, he refuses to answer her calls. But what will Lola do when she really does need Charlie's HELP!?

Charlie doit mettre sa petite soeur Lola au lit, et ce n'est pas simple. Lola déborde d'imagination : des tigres veulent boire avec elle un lait-grenadine, un lion a mangé une brosse à dents, il y a des baleines dans la baignoire ... Charlie fait face à toutes ces situations avec patience. -- La délicieuse relation entre un grand frère bienveillant et une petite soeur ingénue, mise en scène via des personnages tracés au feutre d'une main gentiment maladroite et s'intégrant à des collages fantaisistes, multipliant tissus, textures, photographies, papiers divers, auxquels des jeux typographiques répondent avec autant d'inventivité. [SDM].

Lola really wants to live in a tent. 'I would quite like to be an explorer, Charlie, 'says Lola. So Charlie and Lola set off on an adventure, but instead of packing explorer essentials like binoculars or string, Lola has brought lots and lots of glitter and pink milk! They head off into the wild, ready to face tigers and bears and go foraging for food. But, when it starts to rain, Lola's not so keen on being stuck inside - so they do indoor outdoor camping at home and go on an imaginative adventure instead! 'An irresistibly comic duo'- Sunday Telegraph 'Widely imaginative'- Guardian

Charlie has this little sister Lola. Lola says, 'I love drawing and scribbling and cutting and sticking and painting and colouring.' With lots of pictures to colour in, finish, and even create, this activity book provides budding artists with plenty of inspiration and lots of ideas - so they can be just like Lola!

When someone steals the winner's trophy for the school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite book heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective.

Dans une langue qui lui ressemble, c'est-à-dire pétillante, malicieuse et entraînante, Clarice Bean relate son quotidien et ses relations tumultueuses avec son enseignante (qui est totalement dépassée par la vivacité de son élève!), son égocentrique grande soeur, son frère en pleine crise d'adolescence, un petit frère trop collant, un père obnubilé par son travail, une mère débordée et un grand-père à moitié sourd qui perd un peu la tête. Heureusement, la fillette peut compter sur l'amitié de Betty Belhumeur, qui partage sa passion pour les aventures littéraires de Ruby Redford, une jeune détective à laquelle elle voue une admiration sans bornes et qui est pour elle une véritable source d'inspiration. -- Une série surfant sur une vague à la limite du baroque et du rocambolesque, qui se lit comme une ode rafraîchissante à la spontanéité, au franc-parler et à l'imagination enfantins. Les multiples jeux typographiques, qui reflètent l'énergie débordante de l'héroïne, les illustrations au trait vif et coquin, de même que les extraits des lectures favorites de Clarice confèrent à l'ensemble une esthétique à mi-chemin entre le "scrapbooking" et le journal intime qui ajoute à la saveur de cette galerie de personnages hauts en couleur ... dans laquelle on ne peine toutefois pas à reconnaître ses proches! [SDM].

Dans une langue qui lui ressemble, c'est-à-dire pétillante, malicieuse et entraînante, Clarice Bean présente son oncle Ted, avec lequel elle s'entend à merveille. Aussi, lorsque sa maman lui annonce qu'il viendra les garder, son jeune frère et elle, la fillette est enchantée! Mais Ted n'a pas le sens de la responsabilité dans le sang et les catastrophes s'enchaînent : le hamster s'enfuit, le frérot est victime d'un accident de soccer, le grand-père un peu folingue "fait une fugue" et pénètre chez la voisine, etc. -- Des illustrations débridées, qui amalgament peintures, collages, montages photographiques et traits de plume vigoureux, servent d'écrin au texte dont les multiples jeux typographiques reflètent l'énergie débordante de l'héroïne. Une ode rafraîchissante à la spontanéité, au franc-parler et à l'imagination enfantins, le tout servi dans un album dont l'esthétique est à mi-chemin entre le "scrapbook" et le journal intime. [SDM].