Alex and Lulu: Two of a Kind - Softcover

Lorena Siminovich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848779100 ISBN 13: 9781848779105

Publisher: Templar Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Noisy Alex and artistic Lulu are quite different, but that doesn't stop them being best friends and there are lots of things they enjoying doing together. This storybook with its quirky illustrations introduces the concept of opposites and the idea that difference is not a barrier to friendship. Age 3+

About this title

About the Author:

Lorena Siminovich is a poet and playwright. She is Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University and is Britain's poet laureate. Her work has won numerous awards, including the Whitbread Award and the Costa Award. Catherine Hyde has been an artist for nearly 30 years, showing her work in galleries around the world. Following The Princess' Blankets, Catherine went on to illustrate Firebird by Saviour Pirotta, longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2012.

From Booklist:

*Starred Review* Alex and Lulu are best friends. That’s because they like a lot of the same things: running, jumping, and swinging at the park. But there are ways in which the duo differ, and when Lulu notes—“We are just SO different”—Alex begins to worry. He remembers that Lulu doesn’t like soccer because it squashes her flowers. He wants to play ship’s captain, and she wants to paint. Oh, dear. Alex confronts Lulu with the news that they might be dreaded opposites, but she calmly tells him she doesn’t think so. Opposites are things like big and small, wet and dry, slow and fast. Alex and Lulu may be different, but they are “together.” There are many books about friends who don’t see eye to eye, but this one is notable both for the clarity of its message and for the delightfulness of its art. In simple language (and with the added bonus of a lesson in opposites), this cat girl, Lulu, and dog boy, Alex, capture the essence of friendship and find the ways differences can enhance compatibility. (In the last spread Lulu is painting the cardboard boat that Alex is piloting.) This is also a particularly attractive piece of bookmaking. Alex and Lulu frolic on hefty pages against backgrounds of saturated color. Simple geometric shapes, bright colors, and bits of collage invite little ones into a safe, yet expansive world. Preschool-Grade 1. --Ilene Cooper

About this edition

• Publisher: Templar Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1848779100
• ISBN 13: 9781848779105
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40