Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2970 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-04
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 24 pages

Customer Reviews

Hugely disappointing
I felt disappointed after reading this story to my daughter, who is an avid Charlie and Lola fan. Her reaction was muted as well. Now I understand why: firstly, the story uses "characters created by Lauren Child"; it's not actually written by her, although Amazon says it is. Secondly, it's flavour is distinctly American. The story revolves around "Field Day" (that's Sports Day in Britain) and there are plenty of other references which I had to translate for my daughter ("jumping rope"? Lauren Child would have called it a "skipping rope").
The flow of the story bears little resemblance to the original books such as "I am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed" and the classic "I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato" - it is quite clearly not Lauren Child's work, and is nowhere near as good as a result.
To be honest, the more I read the book, the more cheated I feel. Don't be tempted to buy this before seeing it yourself... get it from a bookshop! Personally I'll be asking for my money back!

Quick fun story
This book was for my 4 year old son and his 2 and a half year old brother. Both were really interested in joining in with the story and the pictures are great. Not the largest of pages for a charlie and lola book, for the price a bargain.

kids learn new words
My son at 4 years old is really interested in the book. He likes to learn new words and this book is highly recommended.