The Chocolate Wedding

Lulu is going to be a bridesmaid, but the night before the wedding she eats too much chocolate and is very poorly. Lulu has a nap to feel better, but before long she is woken up by someone crying. Join Lulu on her very chocolatey escapades as she tries to rescue the wedding cake's sugar bride from some mice who have a very sweet tooth.

Kindergarten-Grade 3-- The star of Lulu and the Flying Babies (Knopf, 1989) is back in a fantasy that's hard to resist. On the eve of her aunt's wedding, Lulu has a chocolate binge that leads to a delicious dream but a rather sick awakening. Now unable to be a bridesmaid, she dozes into a dream world in which she helps the miniature sugar bridegroom atop her aunt's wedding cake search for his missing bride. Presumed to have been eaten by Lulu's baby brother, the bride is actually being held captive by hungry mice. A taste of a sugar shoe causes Lulu to shrink, and she and the groom, aided by chocolate soldiers and cats, make a daring rescue that reunites the consumable couple. Lulu awakens in time for her aunt's wedding party . Youngsters who have shared in the excitement of a family wedding will identify with Lulu, while other will delight in her candy capers. Simmonds's cartoon-strip style is reminiscent of Raymond Briggs and is expertly executed. Like chocolate candy, this may not be an essential purchase but it is certainly an enjoyable treat. --Lori A. Janick, Parkwood Elementary Sch . , Pasadena, TX
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