I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato
Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now
It?s the worry you hadn?t even thought to worry about that should worry you the most. At least that?s how it looks to Clarice Bean, who has been writing her worries in a notebook ? things like Worry no. 1: infinity, or Worry no. 3: change. And now that her worst never-imagined worry has happened […]
Say Cheese!
Added to the Lisbon Public Library collection in celebration of the birth of Emily Rose Mitton. Synopsis: Lola has promised her mother that she will stay clean and tidy for school picture day. "It will be easy peasy, lemon squeezy!" says Lola. But staying clean and tidy is not so easy, especially when there is […]
I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed
Added to the Lisbon Public Library collection in celebration of the birth of Haley Elizabeth Cavanaugh. Synopsis: Night owl Lola likes to stay up coloring and scribbling and wriggling and bouncing and chattering. Lola never gets tired. How can big brother Charlie convince her it's time for bed? Heralded by the WASHINGTON POST as "a […]
But, Excuse Me, That Is My Book
Donated to the Lisbon Public Library by The Lambert Family-Ken Marantz and Sylvia Marantz – Children's Literature: Young readers can become very attached to a particular book and want to keep it even if belongs to the library. When Charlie's sister Lola says they must go to the library to get Beetles, Bugs, and Butterflies, […]
Snow Is My Favorite and My Best
School Library Journal Review: PreS-Gr 2?Charlie and Lola return in another engaging story that perfectly captures a child's anticipation of the first snow of winter. Big brother Charlie takes his sister out to frolic in a world that has all gone extremely white! Lola and their friends make snow angels, go sledding, and build a […]
I Am Too Absolutely Small For School
School Library Journal Review: PreS-Gr 2?The endearing siblings who first appeared in I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (Candlewick, 2000) return with equally satisfying results. This time, little sister Lola has decided that while her parents think she is "nearly almost big enough to go to school," she is "absolutely not BIG." Charlie, […]