I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato (Charlie and Lola) - Hardcover

Lauren Child

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846169054 ISBN 13: 9781846169052

Publisher: Orchard Books, 2007

Synopsis

Charlie has this little sister Lola.

Sometimes he has to give her her dinner.

This is a hard job because she is a fussy eater.

One day he plays a good trick on her.

An utterly brilliant Pop-up edition of this AWARD-WINNING CLASSIC Charlie and Lola book.

"Lauren Child is a star ..." - The Guardian

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Review

Lola is a very fussy eater. Carrots are for rabbits and peas are "too small and too green." One day, after rattling off her long list of despised foods, she ends with the vehement pronouncement, "And I absolutely will never not ever eat a tomato." Not convinced, Lola's older sister Charlie has an idea. She tells Lola that the orange things on the table are not carrots, but "orange twiglets from Jupiter" and peas are in fact "green drops from Greenland." Mashed potatoes, when pitched as "cloud fluff from the pointiest peak of Mount Fuji" suddenly seem appealing to Lola. And in the end, might she even eat a tomato?

Lauren Child's wacky, expressive sketches of Lola and Charlie (much like those in Clarice Bean, That's Me) are cut out and superimposed on all sorts of textures and patterns from wallpaper to wood. Fuzzy, enlarged photographs of bowls of peas, or fish sticks, or big carrots are pasted right on top to great effect. This funny, endearing look at how children's tastes can be based more on preconception than taste buds is sure to infuse levity into the daily dinner-table struggle. The author's dedication? "With love from Lauren / who is keen on Marmite / but would rather not eat a raisin." (Ages 3 to 8) --Karin Snelson

About the Author

Lauren Child attended art school and did "lots of things" before writing children’s books, including designing ceramics for children, working as an artist's assistant, and designing lampshades.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Orchard Books
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846169054
• ISBN 13: 9781846169052
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32