Charlie and Lola's Numbers [Board book]

Lauren Child (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 1 and up | Series: Charlie and Lola

Lola and her ever-patient brother get clear on some concepts in a wryly instructive board book for the younger set.

Everyone knows that Lola has one brother, Charlie. But open this whimsical counting book to learn that she also has two toothbrushes (one for her and one for her lion friend), four moon squirters (which look a lot like tomatoes), and a very active imagination.

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About the Author

Lauren Child is the creator of three picture books about Lola and Charlie as well as a series of award-winning books about the irrepressible Clarice Bean. She lives in London.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 1 and up
  
• Board book: 12 pages
• Publisher: Candlewick (July 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763635340
• ISBN-13: 978-0763635343
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 0.5 x 7.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,354,288 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lauren Child is the multi-talented prize-winning creator of the characters Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean and Hubert Horatio Bobton-Trent. She has won the Smarties Gold Award, Smarties Bronze Award, Kate Greenaway Medal and been shortlisted for the Children's Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. Lauren lives in London.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars LOVE Charlie & LOLA - but don't change it for American readers!, September 4, 2007

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H. Hoppe "kiwi mummy & supernanny" (Victoria, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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I'll start out by saying I have to be one of Lauren Child's biggest fans, followed closely by my almost 3 year old daughter. We love Charlie & Lola, and are even planning a C&L birthday party and Halloween costume.

This is why I'm really disappointed at this new numbers book...the premise is good, illustrations are adorable as always...BUT..WHY O WHY did the publishers have to AMERICANIZE it...for goodness sakes, it's Charlie & Lola, they are British, they say 'biscuits' not cookies, and 'fish fingers' not fish sticks...part of the reason I love this series is that it stays true to it's British roots.

When I was a child I didn't have any of my books changed to represent how my country said or spelled words (New Zealand), so why would we do it with Charlie & Lola. Bad move. It might slip by unassuming parents, but my daughter picked up on it straight away, she said "those are biscuits Mummy!" just so happens thats what we call them in my house anyway...but c'mon publishers, don't assume American kids can't handle a different name for an object...that's how we learn about other places, cultures and language. Don't dumb our kids down. The comments by the Miss Teen America contestant recently should have you quaking in your boots, let our kids read books how they were written, change colour to color, but dont change biscuits to cookies, fish fingers to fish sticks! My daughter says 'cookie monster', and I'm sure they wouldnt change it to 'biscuit monster' for the British market, nor would I expect them to.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very basic, August 23, 2007

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C. Ayres "versweet" (Suffolk, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a good book to promote numbers at a very basic level. The reason I give it 4 stars is due to the fact that these characters are otherwise of a higher age level than this book was made for. If your child likes "Charlie & Lola" and is under age 4, you might want this. But, any child over 2 may be quickly bored with this and you may want to get a different "Charlie & Lola" book instead. The only appeal this has had for my 2-year-old is the pure fact that its Charlie & Lola.

4.0 out of 5 stars cute book, March 9, 2011

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S. Gulliford-Gosnell (utah, usa) - See all my reviews
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My daughter LOVES the BBC program- Charlie and Lola. And she loves the pictures in this book. The only thing I don't like about it -and it is a very silly thing- is that in the shows, they use the terms "fish fingers" and "biscuits" and in the book they call them "fish sticks" and "cookies." I'm assuming they changed it to more commonly used American terms? The book has numerals, words and objects ("2", "two toothbrushes" and a picture with 2 toothbrushes)so it's great for kids on many learning levels.