You won t like this present as much as I do

By Lauren Child

"Lola wants to get Lotta a REALLY good birthday present. But she's not sure Lotta will like the present as much as SHE does."--Back cover.

I am inventing an invention

By Lauren Child

Friends Charlie and Marv are trying to invent a new invention for a school project - but it's harder than it looks! Maybe Charlie's little sister Lola can come up with some ideas... Read it yoursel...

But excuse me that is my book

By Lauren Child

Charlie and Lola

By Lauren Child

Clarice Bean, that's me

By Lauren Child

A girl describes the hectic life she leads among the members of her large family, and her search for a little peace and quiet.

I will never not ever eat a tomato

By Lauren Child

A fussy eater decides to sample the carrots after her brother convinces her that they are really orange twiglets from Jupiter.

Clarice Bean, guess who's babysitting?

By Lauren Child

When her Uncle Ted, the fireman, comes to stay with Clarice and her brothers and sister while her mother is away, things get somewhat hectic.

I am not sleepy and I will not go to bed

By Lauren Child

Charlie helps Lola get ready for bed, despite the tigers, whales, and other animals that serve as obstacles.

What planet are you from Clarice Bean?

By Lauren Child

When Clarice has to do a school project on the environment, she and her family become eco-warriors in an attempt to save a tree on their street.

That pesky rat

By Lauren Child

A brown street rat, who longs to be someone's pet and to have his very own name, gets lucky when he meets a man in the pet shop who has extremely poor eyesight.