Eloise by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight (Simon & Schuster, £6.99)This book is just beautiful. Written in 1955, yet it feels thoroughly modern. I first found Eloise after I couldn’t get my first Clarice Bean book published. I was told that you

Bean, That’s Me (Orchard, £5.99), which was shortlisted for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. In 2000, she won a Kate Greenaway Medal for I Will Not Ever, Never Eat A Tomato (Orchard, £5.99), which introduced her lovable sibling duo, Charlie and Lola, now

-long celebrations for Puffin Books. Guests and invitees, including Lauren “Charlie & Lola” Child, were treated to a special reading by the Children's Laureate, Anthony Browne, harking back to his early days of illustrating wrapping paper, accusations of plagiarism

Picture Book Of The Year *Highly Commended*Slightly Invisible by Lauren Child Orchard Books, £10.99, 3+The inspiration for Lauren Child’s latest visit to Charlie and Lola land occurred at a book signing. “A little boy said to me, almost under his

’s phenomenally successful Charlie and Lola creations had a vibrant life in print long before they were turned into a funky television series.Lola is a cheeky preschool madam who always has a smart excuse to justify getting her own way. However, older brother