Charlie and Lola: Snow is My Favorite and My Best (Charlie & Lola) (Hardcover)

by Lauren Child (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2–Charlie and Lola return in another engaging story that perfectly captures a child's anticipation of the first snow of winter. Big brother Charlie takes his sister out to frolic in a world that has all gone extremely white! Lola and their friends make snow angels, go sledding, and build a snowman (and snow doggy) before returning home for hot chocolate. The next day, Lola, disappointed to find that the snow has melted, wonders why it can't always be there. Charlie compares snow to birthdays–they wouldn't be special if they happened every day. He takes his sister on an imaginary tour of the Arctic, where polar bears swim, and the Antarctic, where smartly attired penguins look like they are going to a party. She realizes that it would be too cold there for her to go swimming or to wear her stripy party dress. Back home, Charlie surprises his sister with a memento from the previous day's storm–a teeny weeny snowman who lives in the freezer. This book employs creative use of space, color, texture, drawings, and mixed-media collage that perfectly match Lola's free spirit and offbeat manner of speaking. The large, easy-to-read text follows the energetic rhythm of the story, using varying margins and fonts and swirling around the pictures. Read this exuberant story along with Uri Shulevitz's Snow (Farrar, 1998) and Nancy Elizabeth Wallace's book of the same title (Random, 2002) to get children primed for the season.–Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CT
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From Booklist
*Starred Review* In But Excuse Me That's My Book (2006), Charlie had to deal with his little sister Lola's fondness for a particular library book. Now Lola is enthralled with snow. When "the man on the weather" predicts snowfall, Lola spends half the night looking out the window, waiting impatiently to make snow angels, slide down hills, and build a snowman. Too soon, however, the snow melts, and Lola is bereft, leaving Charlie to explain that snow is special and snow every day could be a drag. Here, Child takes the siblings around the globe to the Antarctic, where constant snow seems less appealing. Fortunately, Charlie has kept a little snowman in the fridge at home. Lola's exuberance is made manifest on every page. Child puts a simply shaped, almost scrawled pair of siblings against jelly-bean-bright backgrounds, and ingeniously decorates everything with collage. A highlight of this stylistic art is the picture of Charlie and Lola looking out a window (the house seems to be made of floorboard) at huge paper snowflakes. The fun can be literal, too; when Charlie takes Lola around the globe, the globe in the collage is the kind that sits on a desk. Good book; great kids. Try this with children who like Marie-Louise Gay's Sam and Stella books. Ilene Cooper
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Dial; 1 edition (October 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803731744
• ISBN-13: 978-0803731745
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 9.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #355,592 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Snow is My Favorite and My Best Too!, December 21, 2006

By	George Buttner "Agent0042" (Dayton, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

"Snow is My Favorite and My Best" is a wintry "Charlie and Lola" book, based on episode of the TV series.

This is a fun one. Lola says that snow is her "favorite and her best" and she wants it to snow all the time. Indeed, her friend Lotta loves the snow too and they have quite a bit of fun playing in it. So Lola is very disappointed when she discovers that the next day, the snow that fell has almost all melted. Charlie has to think of a way to help his little sister and he comes up with some great ideas indeed. He helps her to see that things wouldn't be nearly as fun if it snowed *all* the time.

"Snow is My Favorite and My Best" is another sweet and charming book from this series. Fans of snow of all ages will appreciate this celebration of things that are good --- in moderation. I think Frosty would approve of this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars super book, January 8, 2008

By	LOVES TO READ (USA) - See all my reviews

Just like all the others, we love this book! Lola's perspective on things always cracks us up!

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect snow book for a 3-5 year old, March 8, 2007

By	Jodi Beatty "J-man's mommy" (Northern Virginia USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My son is a huge Charlie and Lola fan. I gave this to him for his 4th birthday recently. There is snow all over the ground. He took the book to pre-school. All the kids love the book. This will be a favorite in our house for years to come; I can't wait to read it to my grandkids too & have my son's face light up again years from now with love for Charlie and Lola!