Best Selling Books by Lauren Child

Ruby Redfort: Undercover agent, code-cracker and thirteen-year-old genius – there’s nothing average about her. Only this time it’s an adventure in the wild, and it’ll take all Ruby’s got just to survive...

Originally published: London: Orchard Books, 2001.

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 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?

After Charlie convinces Lola to recycle her old toys instead of throwing them away, Lola discovers a recycling competition. If she can recycle one hundred plastic, metal, and paper items, she can get her very own real live tree to plant. But she only has two weeks, so Lola decides to ask her classmates to help. They turn out to be extremely very good recyclers indeed. This adventure is printed on FSC-approved paper and includes recycling tips as well as a tree poster just like Lola?s, so kids can keep track of their recycling projects and help to save the planet all on their own.

"A superbly illustrated, slyly funny story of a four-legged family secret." --The Guardian (UK) It is sweltering hot, and Clarice Bean is bored, and boredom can lead to trouble, and trouble can lead to people getting very mad at you. Not good when the person who''s mad at you is your sister and she has the thing you want most of all: a pair of roller skates. How can Clarice make things right when there''s this dog who won''t stop following her around? Doesn''t he have a home of his own to go to? She''s told him to scram, but he just won''t listen. Find out in this story from the inimitable Lauren Child about falling out with a sister, falling in with a dog, and doing everything wrong, only to find you''ve got everything right.

I have this little sister Lola. Mum says Lola can have a birthday party but Lola isn''t sure what sort of party to have. Lola says, ''I am going to have a fairy party . . . or maybe a space party or maybe even a snow party. I really can''t exactly decide.'' Create your own Charlie and Lola scenes with these extremely special stickers! Look out for My shopping sticker book My holiday sticker book My very busy sticker book ''An irresistibly comic duo.'' Sunday Times ''Wildly imaginative.'' Guardian

Lola and Lotta are best friends. They do absolutely completely everything together, like eating lunch, playing in the sandpit and going in pairs. But when a new girl, Evie, arrives in their class, Lotta starts spending all her time with her, and not Lola.

It’s Field Day at Charlie and Lola’s school and each student is allowed to choose one activity in which to participate. Charlie, Marv, and Lotta all quickly find activities that they’re good at, but Lola struggles to find one to suit her. Lola eventually chooses the egg-and-spoon race and succeeds at it by really, really concentrating.

Lola plants a seed and hopes it will sprout into something amazing. Big brother Charlie teaches Lola how to care for her seed, in this novelty book based on an episode of the Disney Channel series that includes a puzzle and pieces, a coloring page, and a handle. Full color. Consumable.

Lola wants her own ice skates, so that she can be the very best ice skater in the whole world.

It''s the start of the school holiday and Lola is extremely very excited. She has lots of ideas to make it the best holiday ever, from building a big enormous sandcastle and climbing the highest mountain in the whole wide world to exploring space and camping with mermaids. With over 100 stickers, readers will love this completely fun sticker book.

Charlie and Lola return in a brilliant picture book, from Children''s Laureate Lauren Child, to introduce the non-scary nature of counting and sums to very young children. Perfectly funny and perfectly formed, this sees top negotiator Lola take on numbers in everyday life and bend them to her endearing and unique will. A new and completely original Charlie and Lola picture book from the bestselling, multi award-winning author and artist Lauren Child, One Thing is an immediate and enduring classic to delight fans new and old the world over. ''It''s numeracy at its most joyful and positive, and a brilliant way to get young minds excited about maths'' Teach Early Years I have this little sister Lola. She is small and very funny. Sometimes for a treat, Mum says, "We are going to the shops and you may choose one thing." "One thing to share?" says Lola. I say, "One thing for you and one thing for me, which means two actual things."

Charlie has this little sister Lola. Lola is supposed to be looking after Marv''s dog, Sizzles. But he seems to have disappeared... Lola says "Sizzles is completely NOT here." Join Charlie and Lola on their search for Sizles the dog. Flit the Flaps and see if you can spot where Sizzles is hiding.

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!

Two especially good stories about animals including I Completely Know About Guinea Pigs and a brand new story, the poignant and heartwarming I Will Not Ever Never Forget You Nibbles, published in this collection for the very first time. I completely know about guinea pigs . . . Charlie has this little sister Lola. Lola is looking after the school guinea pig, Bert. Charlie says, ''Do you even know how to look after Bert?'' Lola says, ''Oh yes, Charlie, I really absolutely do!'' I will not ever never forget you, Nibbles. Lola is especially sad because Charlie''s pet mouse has died. They are burying him in a very special box by the tree. Lola says, ''I will not ever never forget you, Nibbles.'' To find out more about Charlie and Lola visit Charlieandlola.com

“Sunny and energetic. . . . Plenty of math is squeezed into the text, but the joy of numbers is conveyed much more effectively.” — School Library Journal Charlie and Lola are going to the store, and their mother says they may choose one thing. “One thing to share?” Lola asks. No, one thing each, explains Charlie, or two actual things between two. Lola is nine minutes late getting ready, and on the way, there are ladybugs to count and maybe a squillion leaves on a tree. With Lola hilariously bending everyday numbers to her will and Charlie providing the (somewhat exasperated) voice of reason, fans new and old will be hard-put to resist these utterly appealing siblings.

Clarice Bean is back with all her trademark humour in this heartwarming story by former Children''s Laureate Lauren Child At the moment I am daydreaming about inventing something exceptionordinarily good that could change the world for the better, because of all the things, it''s the better that''s needed. And if you are thinking I''m too small to make a difference then remember the plankton - they are one of the tiniest creatures on the planet but without them where would we be? Probably living on Mars. The utterly wonderful Clarice Bean is thinking about the endangered things: the big creatures, the little creatures, the plants and the trees. But it''s not just the planet that needs help - there''s her whole family too . . .

Meet Ruby Redfort: every smart kid''s smart kid. The fifth book in the nail-biting series, created by award-winning author Lauren Child.

Meet Daisy Morelli and her gang of trouble-making friends in these two fun-packed stories with illustrations by Lauren Child.

Sizzlesis an EXTREMELY clever dog who can do really ANYTHING. Push your finger through the hole and help Sizzles wriggle his way through the pages. Woof ! Woof! ''Wildly imaginative''- Guardian

Meet Daisy Morelli and her gang of trouble-making friends in these two fun-packed stories with illustrations by Lauren Child.

Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent is back in this hilarious and gloriously illustrated book for ages six and up from the superstar creator of Clarice Bean and Charlie and Lola, Lauren Child. "These stories are about the days when the Bobton-Trents had it cushy, very cushy indeed." The Bobton-Trent seniors certainly know how to make the most of their extravagant wealth - socialising, doing things, buying things and generally being more than a little bit ... irresponsible... Luckily for them, their son Hubert Horatio is an exceptionally intelligent, talented and sensible child. Unluckily for Hubert, this tends to mean that a lot of his spare time is spent steering his rather unruly set of grown-ups out of trouble. Legendary children''s writer and Waterstones Children''s Laureate 2017-2019 Lauren Child revisits one of her most popular characters in these brand-new, laugh-out-loud stories about the rather unconventional Bobton-Trents! The perfect gift for children aged six and up.

Charlie has this little sister Lola. Sometimes he has to try and get her to go to bed. This is a hard job because Lola likes to stay up late. Lola says, "I am not slightly sleepy at 6 or 7 or 8. I am still wide awake at 9 and not at all tired at 10, 11 and 12 and I will probably still be perky at even 13 o''clock in the morning".

Clarice Bean, aspiring actress and author, unsuccessfully tries to avoid getting into trouble as she attempts to help a friend in need by following the rules of the fictional, "exceptionordinarily" spy, Ruby Redfort.

Ruby Redfort: supercool secret agent, code-cracker and 13-year-old genius. In this adventure, she must pit her wits against a seemingly invisible foe, but how do you set your sights on catching a light-fingered villain if you can''t even see him?

Lola is convinced that she is finally tall enough to ride the "Super Dooper Loop the Looper" at the fair, but her older brother Charlie gently tells her that she is still too short, but that there are many good things about being small.