Little Lulu Volume 7: Lulu's Umbrella Service [Paperback]

John Stanley (Author, Artist), Irving Tripp (Author)

Book Description

Series: Little Lulu | Publication Date: December 27, 2005

Bursting with laughs, filled with silly humor and hilarious insight, and drawn to perfection by one of comics' most acclaimed team of artists, Little Lulu's comic book adventures are a classic treat for readers of all ages. Tag along with our sassy heroine, Lulu Moppet, as she smartly navigates through the kooky and complex world of clubhouse bullies, unsuspecting adults, naughty puppy dogs, snowball fights, and haunted houses. Whether she's helping her mother with chores, stealing her best friend Tubby's pants (just to get even, of course!), or minding the maniacal neighbor tot Alvin, Lulu's page-turning antics will leave you giggling madly and eager to read more!

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

The seventh Little Lulu comic-book collection seems loaded with stories that pesky little-boy neighbor Alvin extracts from Lulu by such stratagems as locking her in her own bedroom closet until she complies. There's the one about the six sad, little sisters (all look exactly like Lulu) locked up in an orphanage; the eldest escapes, though, and gets a job mining rock candy. There's the one about the girl raised by sparrows that flee in shame after shoving her out of the nest to get her to fly (she is conked out by her landing) and that she spends five years trying to find before wandering into a school for ghosts. There's the one about when Lulu "was a poor, little girl" earning her living picking cattails in a swamp until she is given a magic flute. If these sound astonishingly inventive and complex for kids comic-book fare, well, they are, and also entirely of a piece, including the fact that they sound basically like a child's creations, with the stories Lulu doesn't tell Alvin. Ray Olson
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Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse (December 27, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593073992
• ISBN-13: 978-1593073992
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #196,404 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars *THE BEST ONE YET!!!!!*, March 18, 2006

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Little Lulu's no1 Fan "Little Lulu's no1 Fan" (Warsaw, Poland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Little Lulu Volume 7: Lulu's Umbrella Service (Paperback)

I think that Little Lulu Volume 7 is the best issue in the whole collection because of the theme and the stories were side-splitting.I can't wait for another Volume of Little Lulu!

5.0 out of 5 stars I love Lulu!, September 30, 2011

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Roberta (Seattle, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Little Lulu Volume 7: Lulu's Umbrella Service (Paperback)

I am so happy to see the Dark Horse reprints of the classic Little Lulu comics. I have read countless comics and graphic novels in my day (and even written some) but if I want to just relax, or if I am feeling 'the blues', these wonderful classic Little Lulu stories by John Stanley cheer me right up. The stories are consistently well-written, with a great deal of variety: Not just the usual childhood escapades, but Tubby playing detective to solve minor 'crimes' in the disguise of The Spider, to Lulu's fantastically imaginative tales of strange worlds including, sometimes, Witch Hazel and her cheerfully nasty niece Little Itch. But Lulu is the real star, and rather than just being a mischievous child, she is very smart, kind-hearted and stands up for herself and her friends (including the scruffy little Annie, a character in her own right)--and finds some very clever ways to get back at the boys who always think they can get the better of her. A wonderful role model for today's young children, even now, and if you read between the lines, the stories are not really sugar coated, nor do they shield the reader from some of life's harsh realities--Annie only has one pair of shoes, for example, but Lulu is loyal to her nonetheless.

Not only are the Lulu comics a nostalgic window into a simple, postwar world of childhood, they are consistently funny with hilarious dialogue and well-developed consistent characters, and some wonderful plot twists in these deceptively simple stories. Any one (or all) of the volumes in this series is perfect for readers of all ages, whether you are an older person who remembers Lulu, or a younger child who has never yet had the good fortune to meet this bright, good-hearted and assertive young lady.

5.0 out of 5 stars How could I have forgotten Little Lulu?, November 21, 2009

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Cynthia Snowden (Placitas, New Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Little Lulu Volume 7: Lulu's Umbrella Service (Paperback)

I was shocked to find that my son and daughter-in-law had never heard of Little Lulu -- this startling fact came to light when my husband and I adopted an unusually small MinPin and I named her Little Lulu. The next day I bought this book for my 6-year-old granddaughter. She loved it! So later I bought her another in the series, and she loved that, too. These are good-quality paperbacks; the production values are high. And the stories are charming, bringing back mothers who wore dresses and pumps every day in the house, fathers who dozed in arm-chairs after dinner and called their wives "Dear", and a just slightly old-fashioned America. I don't think our 6-year-old notices any of that. For her Little Lulu is great entertainment; for me, a swirl of nostalgia.