by Lauren Child*****
Years ago, long before there was a Charlie and Lola TV show on the Disney channel, I read this fabulous find as an Elementary Education major at BYU. I love this brother and sister combo. Charlie is level-headed but fun, and is good at understanding his precocious little sister Lola. In this story he cleverly convinces her to eat all the foods she profusely rejects, by calling them different names (i.e. mashed potatoes=cloud fluff.) We have applied this tactic more than once at our house (in fact, we still refer to peas as "green drops" from time to time!) Lauren Child not only writes a funny story, but also creates unique art by incorporating big, colorful patterns and real life images into her drawings. She won the Kate Greenaway Medal (the Caldecott equivalent in the UK) for this book in 2000.
Our family has enjoyed some of Lauren Child's 'Charlie and Lola' books as well as the tv show on occasion. The way Lola expresses herself, as only a young child could, and her brother's never-ending love and patience endear these siblings to my heart again and again.
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