Mimi and Lulu: Three Sweet Stories, One Forever Friendship [Hardcover]

Charise Mericle Harper (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Mimi and Lulu love yummy cupcakes, princesses, pink elephants, and surprises. But most of all, they love being together.

Charise Mericle Harper has created a funny and tender portrait of a friendship that will be easy to recognize and impossible to resist. Through three stories, readers get a window into Mimi and Lulu′s funny and sweet friendship.

Ages: 3 - 6

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

These three playful stories show not only the lively bond between two best friends but also the friction and rivalry. Mimi’s favorite color is pink. She loves pink skirts, pink socks, and especially pink boas. When Lulu says her favorite color is purple, Mimi sulks until Lulu takes out a purple cupcake and shares. In “Phones,” Mimi tells Lulu she can’t play, and she pretends to be busy talking on her “cell”; Lulu fumes until she pretends to order something exciting on her “cell,” and the two take off together in imaginative play. In “Princess,” they quarrel again, but when Lulu has to go home, Mimi cries, and Lulu gives her friend her favorite bow to make up. The dramatic, fuming stand-offs and the fun when things turn around are playfully illustrated in the bright scenes of the cartoonish, animal-like figures, set against spacious white pages. A solid offering to add to the picture-book friendship canon. Preschool-Kindergarten. --Hazel Rochman

About the Author

Charise Mericle Harper has written and illustrated lots of fun books for children. If you were to make a list of these books, you could include Fashion Kitty, the Just Grace books, and Itsy Bitsy, the Smart Spider. Charise learned all about being a friend from her first-ever best friend, a girl named Colleen. This was a long time ago, back before cell phones or laptop computers were even invented. She has been practicing her friendship skills ever since. She is pretty good at them now.

Charise lives in Westchester County, New York, with her family.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Balzer + Bray (August 25, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061755834
• ISBN-13: 978-0061755835
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 9.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,476,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Here are some things I have learned:

Using comics can be a good way to tell a story.
Fed Ex envelopes are handy for filing stuff.
Revising is surprisingly satisfying, but not always easy.
Some things are fun to look at, but not fun to own.
A day can be long.
A day can be short.
And sometimes one little thing can change a whole day. Like the time I got the good parking spot outside Trader Joes - good day!

Best wishes to you, for a good one!

Charise


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www.chariseharper.com
www.drawingmom.blogspot.com
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This was an absolutely adorable set of three little stories your preschooler will love!, January 2, 2010

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D. Fowler "Dragonfly77" (Vermont) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mimi and Lulu: Three Sweet Stories, One Forever Friendship (Hardcover)

Mimi and Lulu were best friends, but even so they liked different things. Mimi just adored anything pink. She smiled and twirled and jumped as she talked about her pretty pink outfit. Her lacy skirt was pink, her socks were pink, her shoes were pink . . . pink, pink, pink . . . there was nothing better. Well, Lulu was not quite in agreement because HER favorite color was purple. She was dressed in purple from head to toe. She had something special in a box that was yum, yum, yum purple. Do you think that purple cupcake would be delicious?

Mimi was busy talking on the phone and didn't want to play with Lulu any more. Of course that phone was fake and Lulu was getting mad and threw her blocks and pink elephant all over the floor. It was kind of rude that Mimi was talking with Sally who wasn't even a REAL little girl. To think that Mimi was accepting an invitation to a party. Ugh! Lulu got on her own phone, a yellow block. "Yes, hello, I'd like to order a flying pink elephant ride." It wasn't long before Mimi got off the phone.

Mimi was all full of fun ideas for playtime. She suggested freeze dance, hide-and-seek, and "Princess!" Oh, now that sounded good, but Lulu had to go home and Mimi got all upset and started to cry. "We still have to play princess." Those big crocodile tears were flowing like crazy so Lulu offered her pal her special purple bow, a bow she never left home without. Mimi was touched and put it on her head next to her pink one. Lulu was sure to come back the next day to fetch her bow.

This was an absolutely adorable set of three little stories your preschooler will love. They were sweet and very charming. Little Mimi reminded me a bit of her older counterpart, Fancy Nancy, who also loved dressing up. These two imaginative and inseparable little girls are what friendship is all about . . . a little give, a little take, a few differences, some similarities and friends for life. If you have a preschooler with a budding friendship, this would be a perfect choice!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, January 19, 2011

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Gina M. Bianchini "Gina123AsM" (Queens, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mimi and Lulu: Three Sweet Stories, One Forever Friendship (Hardcover)

Got this for my 2 daughters Lulu & Mimi. They enjoyed the stories and especially loved reading their own names aloud. Great stories for little girls.

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty book, simple story, November 28, 2009

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J. Rabinowitz (White Plains, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mimi and Lulu: Three Sweet Stories, One Forever Friendship (Hardcover)

I spotted this book at a local book shop on my way out - The cover art and the title drew me in - I found it online and bought it for my 5 year old daughter - We love it! She especially adores this book because the she was able to memorize it quickly and now she can "read" it to everyone (dolls, people and the imaginary students who attend her imaginary basement school)

The story is not complicated and honest - The illustrations are bright and well drawn -