Lauren Child

Lauren Child, creator of the beloved Clarice Bean, That''s Me cooks up a delectable new picture book treat. In this quirky, clever, fantastically funny story, Charlie uses his imagination to convince his little sister Lola -- who is a very fussy eater -- to eat. She won''t eat her carrots -- until Charlie reveals that they are really "orange twiglets from Jupiter." She won''t eat her mashed potatoes -- until Charlie explains they are "cloud fluff from the pointiest peak of Mount Fuji." And Lola will never -- not ever -- eat a tomato. Or will she? Children (and parents!) will recognize determined young Lola and cheer for inventive Charlie in this fabulous smorgasbord of fun!

Elmore Green, como muchos otros niños, empezó su vida siendo hijo único. Tenía una habitación solo para él, y todo lo que había en ella era suyo. Sus padres creían que él era el niño más adorable del mundo. Pero un dia, todo cambio... A partir de 4 años.

A board book edition of the bestselling I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed.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."For the first time, this bestselling Charlie and Lola story is available as a chunky board book that''s just right for little hands. This wonderfully imaginative bedtime tale is perfect for sharing with the very youngest Charlie and Lola fans.

Ana Tarambana no es hija única, aunque a veces le gustaría. Es la tercera de cuatro hermanos y vive en el planeta Tierra, pero su maestra, la señorita Olga, está convencida de que Ana Tarambana vive en las nubes. ANA TARAMBANA, ¿TE IMPORTARIA BAJAR DE LAS NUBES Y VOLVER A LA TIERRA AHORA MISMO?, le pregunta caaaaada dia. Esta semana, la señorita Olga ha propuesto a la clase un proyecto basado en algun libro que hayan leido y del que hayan aprendido algo. Es decir, UN ROLLAZO TOTAL. A no ser que… Ana Tarambana base el trabajo en su personaje literario favorito: la joven detective Lara Guevara, mas conocida como Ruby Redford.

Today Lola wants to do everything all on her own, but things aren't as easy as she thought they?d be. In the park, when Charlie and his friend Marv explain to Lola that a seesaw won't ?see? or ?saw? with only one person on it, Lola reluctantly lets them sit on the other end. When Lola soars into the sky, it launches her into an elaborate high-seas fantasy where she saves Marv and Charlie from ever-soevil pirates. All on her own!

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?

Lola has a cold and is feeling really ever so not well. So her big brother Charlie thinks of all sorts of ideas to try to cheer Lola up. He brings her pink milk and biscuits, sings her a special song, plays her best smiley jigsaw puzzle and even takes her on a cloud-hopping adventure! Soon Lola's feeling much, much better!

Ana Tarambana tiene muchos problemas esta semana, casi tantos como Carlitos Terremoto, el niño más travieso de la escuela. Si pudiera parecerse más a su personaje literario favorito, Ruby Redfor, la chica detective, seguro que saldria de todos estos apuros en un santiamen. Sin embargo, el mayor problema aparece cuando la profesora Olga les cuenta que ha organizado un concurso de ortografia, ya que a Ana, con tan solo pensar en la palabra “ortografia”… le da un dolor de estomago que no te puedes ni imaginar. Por desgracia, Carlitos Terremoto se mete en unos lios inimaginables, asi que Ana debera superar sus miedos y adoptar la maxima de su heroina literaria favorita: “Nunca dejes a un buen amigo de lado”.

Flamboyant and eccentric, being noticed is what all the members of the Shrimpton family live for - all except, that is, for Maude. She prefers to blend into the background rather than stand out in a crowd. And this is very much to her advantage when they all come face to face with a rather hungry tiger...Sophisticated and highly decorative, Trisha Krauss cleverly uses visual clues and innuendo to embellish the tale of the not-so-noticeable Maude and her extraordinary family.