"I have this little sister, Lola. She is small and very funny."
Charlie and Lola are two siblings who live in a flat in London with their Mum and Dad. Charlie is the older of the two, he is responsible and quite a clever chap. Lola is the younger sibling, she is small, funny and proves to be quite amusing. In this particular story Charlie uses his creativity/ingeuinity to get "picky eater" Lola to eat her dinner. The story is fun for both grown ups and children. Lauren Child is both the author and illustrator of this series. She combines mixed media for the illustrations, which are just fantastic! There are three books in the series " I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato, I Am Too Absolutely Small For School and I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go To Bed". Charlie and Lola are also the stars of their own television show on Playhouse Disney weekdays. Charlie and Lola are the best British import since Harry Potter! K.A. Alphs

An older brother discovers a way to get his very picky sister to eat different foods. He gives the food new and exotic names. The kids really liked this one. Very clever. I liked the art. Simple and cartoonish. I loved how the food was remade into magical new things. ( )

Charlie's sister Lola is a picky eater, so Charlie has to get creative. He renames all of the foods she is about to eat for dinner, making them more exciting (i.e. carrots=orange twiglets and fishsticks=ocean nibbles). When he renamed the food it took Lola on an adventure, so she's willing to try them. She catches on to the game at the end of the story and calls tomatoes, moon squirters. What a fun time she had eating dinner that evening thanks to her brother Charlie.

Lola is a very picky eater. When her brother Charlie is in charge of feeding her, he becomes very creative in telling her what each food is. Instead of peas, he says they're "green drops." When he masks the food behind a different creative name, Lola becomes much more accepting of the food she believed she didn't like. Genre: Realistic Fiction because though the characters are fictional, the story is one that every aspect could take place in reality. Lola is a round character because her thoughts, words, and actions are narrated throughout the story. Also, she grows throughout and eventually accepts eating the foods she previously did not want. Media: mixed media

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