Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now [Hardcover]

Lauren Child (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Clarice Bean

Don’t look now, but Lauren Child has outdone herself with a Clarice Bean novel that is the funniest and most poignant yet.

It’s the worry you hadn’t even thought to worry about that should worry you the most. At least that’s how it looks to Clarice Bean, who has been writing her worries in a notebook — things like Worry no. 1: infinity, or Worry no. 3: change. And now that her worst never-imagined worry has happened — her utterly best friend is moving away forever — Clarice doesn’t even care about her tickets to the Ruby Redfort, girl detective, movie premiere. That is, unless something happens to change things again. . . . Lauren Child’s trademark wit combines with spot-on insight in this hugely engaging story about childhood worries, unwanted changes, and finding friendships in the most surprising places.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"An utterly fantastic book." - The Sunday Times "Very entertaining." - The Independent "Feisty and free-wheeling. Hilarious and irresistible." - The Financial Times "Lauren Child is so good it's exhilarating." - The Independent" --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

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

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Candlewick (August 14, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763635367
• ISBN-13: 978-0763635367
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 1 x 7.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #602,472 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

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting and suprising, February 17, 2008

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now (Hardcover)

I'm 8 years old and I like the Clarice Bean books. In this book Clarice Bean is upset because her best friend Betty Moody moved to California for her dad's job. Clarice misses her a lot. Other things start to go wrong like a new kid named Clem Hansson is sitting in Betty Moody's seat and Clarice doesn't like her that much. There are some problems with Clarice's house and they need to get it fixed. Clarice's new room is an attic, and she's a little nervous because she doesn't like spiders and there are a lot of them in the attic. My opinion about this book is that it is a very good book. I thought the book was very interesting. I read it in less than two days. I liked it a lot more than Clarice Bean Spells Trouble, and it's about as good as Utterly Me, Clarice Bean. I think a lot of kids would like this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!, January 14, 2008

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now (Hardcover)

My Review of Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now, by Lauren Child
By MJ age 9

I love this book! It was sooooo hard to put it down! This book is the BEST! (You must read the other books in the Clarice Bean series or this one won't make sense!)
Clarice Bean is miserable because Betty Moody has moved very far away. As her house is repaired, Clarice Bean has been e-mailing Betty Moody because Clarice Bean's phone isn't working. To make matters worse, a new kid comes to school and Clarice thinks she is a bully. Her name is Clem, Clem Hansson. Want to know more? Well, I don't want to ruin surprises, do I? =)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's so good, I cried, June 10, 2010

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Supergirlsmom "Amy V." (San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now (Paperback)

I've been reading a chapter of this book each night to my 8 year old daughter...we are on Chapter 8 now. Last night, though, I snuck ahead and read the whole book after my daughter went to bed. I know this is a child's book, but I was so moved by it. Lauren Child captured so many emotions that I remembered having as a child, and some that I had long forgotten. At the last few pages of the book, I found myself crying, so moved by the emotional journey that Clarice Bean had been through, mostly alone (her parents and teachers seem oblivious to her emotional pain during most of the book). This is a wonderful book...I love it and so does my daughter.