Lauren Child, Author . Dial $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-3335-0
Familiar faces impart a message of conservation, as Charlie and Lola learn the basics of recycling. When Lola declares that she is “throwing everything away,” to avoid being messy, Charlie suggests she recycle (“because if we throw
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Lauren Child, Author Tricycle Press $13.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-883672-82-9
As the title suggests, the endearing young narrator of Child's (Addy the Baddy) refreshing tale knows what she wants, but hasn't quite worked out the details. With droll one-liners, members of her family, represented only by their voices, share...
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Lauren Child, Author Arthur A. Levine Books $16.95 (17p) ISBN 978-0-439-30912-7
The insomniac narrator goes in search of the perfect resting place in My Dream Bed by Lauren Child. The girl, attached by a silvery ribbon to the oversize paper-over-board book, curls up on a crescent moon on the cover. Readers can insert the...
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Lauren Child, Author Serres $18.5 (0p) ISBN 978-84-95040-84-8
Gr 2-4-Rubio has produced a tour de force in this rendition of Lauren Child's Clarice Bean, Guess Who's Babysitting? (Candlewick, 2001). This book demanded much more than a simple translation, and here it receives a full cultural adaptation to ...
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Lauren Child, Author Serres $20.99 (34p) ISBN 978-84-8488-010-3
PreS-Gr 2-Originally published in London by Orchard Books in 2001, this version is bound to be a hit here as well. Juan is baby-sitting his little sister Tolola and trying to get her ready for bed. This energetic and imaginative little girl...
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Lauren Child, Author . Scholastic/Levine $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-20500-9
Herb loves his Little Red Riding Hood picture book, with its lupine villain and its back-cover ad for "The Little Fierce Wolf and the Three Pink Piglets." He also prefers to keep the book at a distance, "Because there's a wolf in it,
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Lauren Child, Author Lectorum Publications $21.99 (0p) ISBN 978-84-8488-004-2
PreS-Gr 2-Child's exuberant illustrations bounce off the page both literally and figuratively in this delightful pop-up title that invites kids to imagine the bed of their dreams. The figure of a sleeping child, sturdily attached to the book by a
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Lauren Child, Author . Hyperion $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0926-4
Child's (the Clarice Bean books) madcap mélange of recast scenarios features a boy who falls asleep on a page of his fairytale book. He awakens to find himself in a strange bed, being chastised by a girl who shrieks, "How dare you be on
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Lauren Child, Author . Candlewick $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-2180-3
PW said of this story in which a clever boy cajoles his fussy sister into eating foods she says she hates, "Youngsters will never not ever pass up a second helping of this appetizing fare." Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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Lauren Child, Author . Candlewick $15.99 (190p) ISBN 978-0-7636-2186-5
Fans of Child's (Clarice Bean, That's Me; I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato) irrepressible, impulsive picture-book heroine—as well as kids who have not yet had the pleasure of making her acquaintance—will devour her first...
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Lauren Child, Author . Scholastic $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-20501-6
Jazzy graphics featuring collage elements and a chatty narrative spin out a fun fractured fairytale that "succeeds in dramatizing ambivalence to scary books," said PW. Ages 4-8. (Apr.)
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Lauren Child, illus. by Trisha Krauss. Candlewick, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6515-9
In an age of Instagrammed selfies, live-tweeted dinners, and reality shows for everyone, the Shrimpton family embodies the idea of personal celebrity. Readers first see them in a framed photograph, as they ensure their best sides are showing while...
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Lauren Child, Author, Lauren Child, Author, Lauren Child, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0961-0
There is a trace of Eloise's voice in the cadence of Clarice's unfettered, stream-of-consciousness narrative, but her home is definitely not the Plaza. Forced to share a room with her younger brother, Minal Cricket, Clarice boldly--and occasionally...
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Lauren Child. Candlewick, $16.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5120-6
As smart and observant as her socialite parents are clueless, junior high student Ruby Redfort has the makings of a top-notch sleuth. But it’s her code-cracking skills that attract the attention of Spectrum, a secret intelligence agency that hires...
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Lauren Child, Author, Lauren Child, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1188-0
Child (Clarice Bean, That's Me) here serves up a delectable variation on the picky-eater-themed tale. Charlie's parents give him the formidable task of feeding dinner to his fussy younger sister, Lola. The clever boy cajoles his sibling into eating...
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Lauren Child, Author, Lauren Child, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-2403-3
Favorite characters help ease the transition back to school (or, for newcomers, through the classroom door). Siblings Lola and Charlie (first introduced in I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato) return in I Am Too Absolutely Small for School by Lauren...
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Lauren Child. Candlewick, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-7810-4
Child (the Charlie and Lola books) tackles the new sibling problem with a story about Elmore Green, whose life is wonderful—“Elmore Green’s parents thought he was simply the funniest, cleverest, most adorable person they had ever seen”—until his...
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Lauren Child, Author, Lauren Child, Illustrator Hyperion Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-5485-1
Child's (the Clarice Bean books) droll tale introduces the ""frightfully, frightfully"" rich Mr. and Mrs. Bobton-Trent, who dine out nearly every night and hobnob with ""simply everyone who was anyone."" When they ""want to meet someone new,"" they...
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Lauren Child, Author, Lauren Child, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1696-0
The star of Clarice Bean, That's Me and Clarice Bean, Guess Who's Babysitting? returns for a third adventure, What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean? by Lauren Child. When she learns a neighborhood tree is about to be chopped down, the heroine's
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Lauren Child, Author, Lauren Child, Illustrator . Candlewick $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7636-4610-3
Trixie Twinkle Toes Trot-a-Lot Delight, a white poodle, hates her “far too poodley” name—she prefers names like “Growler and Gripper and Chomper and Squasher.” She doesn't want to wear little pink ponchos and...
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Lauren Child, Author, Lauren Child, Illustrator . Candlewick $5.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-7636-2788-1
According to PW
, "Fans of Child's irrepressible, impulsive picture-book heroine—as well as kids who have not yet made her acquaintance—will devour her first chapter-book adventure." Ages 8-11. (May)
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Lauren Child, Author, Lauren Child, Illustrator . Candlewick $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1873-5
In this uplifting tale, a needle-nosed rodent yearns "to belong
to somebody. To be a real pet. Most of all I would like to have a name, instead of just that pesky
rat." The trash-can resident envies his apartment-dwelling buddies, like the
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Lauren Child, Author, Lauren Child, Illustrator . Candlewick $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1570-3
In this equally spirited follow-up to I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato, big brother Charlie faces a new challenge: to cajole his sister, Lola, into bed. "Lola likes to stay up coloring and scribbling and sticking and wriggling and bouncing and
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Lauren Child, Author, Polly Borland, Photographer Hyperion Books for Children $16.99 (44p) ISBN 978-0-7868-3886-8
Shadow-box boudoirs and forest dioramas set the stages for this retelling, designed in flamboyant typefaces and populated by glamorous paper cutouts. Per usual, a king and queen seek a ""princess of blue blood and equal in royalness to"" their son.
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Lauren Child, Author, Polly Borland, Photographer, Benjamin Duarri, Calligrapher , photos. by Polly Borland, sets by Emily L. Jenkins. Disney-Hyperion $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4231-1998-2
A handmade doll, a miniature forest cottage and dozens of tiny handcrafted accessories make this photographed story, in the vein of Child and Borland's The Princess and the Pea
, a temptation for toy lovers of all ages. In Child's chatty...
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Lauren Child. Orchard, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-338-78954-6
Chirton Krauss has a strong sense of responsibility and self-discipline: he always eats his broccoli (“every single stalk”), always uses soap when washing his hands, and always goes to bed right on time. His sister Myrtle, meanwhile, is known to be...
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