Lauren Child - Children's Author

Lauren Child is the multi-talented prize-winning creator of the characters Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean and Hubert Horatio Bobton-Trent. She has won the Smarties Gold Award, Smarties Bronze Award, Kate Greenaway Medal and been shortlisted for the Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. Lauren lives in London.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Lauren Child

Take Your Last Breath
Lauren Child
June 2013 Book of the Month  The second book in the Ruby series which follows the adventures of Ruby, a genius code-breaker, daring detective and gadget-laden special agent who just happens to be a thirteen-year-old girl. Ruby and her slick...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Books of the Month | Summer Reading 2013
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2013
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I Want a Pet
Lauren Child
Charlie and Lola’s award-winning author creates some wonderful scenes in her witty story about a child who wants a pet. Mum, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa all have very strong views about pets. Together, and for different reasons, they dismiss the...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2012
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Look into My Eyes
Lauren Child
Best-selling Lauren Child’s super sleuthing Ruby Redfort is a fast-talking, fast- thinking 13 year olds girl whose sharp eye for the unexpected leads her on some fantastic adventures – especially after she is recruited as a secret agency…The wise cracks...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2012
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Ruby Redfort : Look into My Eyes
Lauren Child
Ruby Redfort, the super-awesome new creation from multi-million-copy bestseller Lauren Child!  Ruby Redfort: she's a genius code-cracker, a daring detective, and a gadget-laden special agent who just happens to be a thirteen-year-old girl. She and her slick side-kick butler, Hitch,...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 29/09/2011
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Slightly Invisible
Lauren Child
An absolutely new and completely original Charlie and Lola picture book in paperback, from the award-winning and bestselling author and illustrator, Lauren Child.
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato (Limited Edition Hardback)
Lauren Child
Greenaway Award winner in 2000. Special edition hardback book. Witty, colourful and unpredictable this is a delightful picture book that has a very original presentation.  With a fussy eater at its core we discover that various vegetables come from all manner of...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/06/2010
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Charlie and Lola: My Especially Special Buggy Book
Lauren Child
Charlie and Lola have an exciting day out as they search for their friends Marv and Lotta. There’s lots to do and see in every one of Lauren Child’s entertaining and empowering illustrations.
Featured in: Baby and Toddler | Books of the Month
Format: Board book - Released: 04/02/2010
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The Utterly Complete Clarice Bean Collection (Slipcase paperback edition)
Lauren Child
One of the most delightful and quirky characters of modern fiction.  Clarice Bean’s views on her family, school, her friends and much more are all wittily described in the frankly written stories she tells about herself. Clarice is defined by...
Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2009
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Who Wants to be a Poodle? I Don't!
Lauren Child
A visual treat and a wonderfully witty story, this is also a wonderfully liberating story and  a good warning to all about over-pampering and protecting a dog – or anyone else! Trixie Twinkle Toes is loved and cherished and petted...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/09/2009
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Clarice Bean, That's Me
Lauren Child
The irresistible Clarice Bean burst onto the world in a picture book. Through words and picture she introduces her wonderfully characterised family capturing their foibles and kindly recognising the different stresses and strains they are under. Favourites include her older...
Featured in: 5+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/07/2009
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Utterly Me, Clarice Bean (audio CD)
Lauren Child
Moving beyond her family but using all her witty powers of observation,  Clarice Bean fills her first novel with an account of her life outside home and especially inside school. She describes her teacher and classmates, including her UTTERLY best friend Betty Moody. How...
Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Cd-audio - Released: 02/07/2009
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Charlie and Lola's Actions
Lauren Child
Bright images held within an attractive board book introduce a host of different actions as they show Charlie and Lola skipping, hopping, bouncing, s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g and more.
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Board book - Released: 07/05/2009
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Charlie and Lola's Clothes
Lauren Child
Favourite characters Charlie and Lola show off the clothes they love in this attractive, brightly coloured board book. Gloves, socks, bobble hats, a dress and trousers – all are almost touchable in these bold illustrations.
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Board book - Released: 07/05/2009
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Charlie and Lola: Look After Your Planet
Lauren Child
A green message within a beautiful picture book. Loveable Charlie and Lola give all kinds of useful tips about the contribution they, and all other children, can make to looking after our planet. In Lauren Child’s witty illustrations, Charlie and...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2009
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That Pesky Rat
Lauren Child
Exploring from his dustbin home in Grubby Alley, the Pesky Rat of the title takes a look at how his friends who are pets, such as Andrew the Scottie Dog and Nibbles the lop-eared rabbit, live. Could he live like...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/07/2008
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Charlie and Lola: Look After Your Planet
Lauren Child
Loveable Charlie and Lola decide to take a grip on their rubbish. But they are not just going to throw it away. Instead, they decide to recycle it. As they set about paper, plastic, cans and the rest, Charlie explains...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/05/2008
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I Can Do Anything That's Everything All On My Own
Lauren Child
Charlie and Lola are back for a new set of adventures. As ever, Charlie has to try to help his little sister. And she doesn’t want help!
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Board Book - Released: 03/01/2008
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Charlie and Lola's Shapes
Lauren Child
Lauren Child’s trademark witty illustrations introduce different shapes that children will come across. Some are formal, recognised shapes such as the oval of an egg or the heart shape of a butterfly; some are humorous such as the fiddly shapes...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Board Book - Released: 03/01/2008
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I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato
Lauren Child
Witty, colourful and unpredictable this is a delightful picture book that has a very original presentation.  With a fussy eater at its core we discover that various vegetables come from all manner of planets in space so that by the end of it even...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/10/2007
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Numbers
Lauren Child
A nice-to handle- Charlie and Lola board book using artwork form the original titles to introduce simple counting. Fun just to look at as well as an introduction to numbers.
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 15/03/2007
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Charlie and Lola's Opposites
Lauren Child
Favourite TV characters Charlie and Lola explore the differences between big and small, few and many, off and on and other opposites.  A bold photographic illustration on each page of this sturdy board book makes it easy to grasp the...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Board Book - Released: 15/03/2007
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Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now
Lauren Child
Feisty Clarice Bean is back for new adventures. A bit older and a bit wiser, she is also thinking about all the things that she should be worrying about. To help, she makes a list of all her...
Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/10/2006
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Utterly Me, Clarice Bean
Lauren Child
Moving beyond her family but using all her witty powers of observation,  Clarice Bean fills her first novel with an account of her life outside home and especially inside school. She describes her teacher and classmates, including her UTTERLY best...
Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/07/2003
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I Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato
Lauren Child
Greenaway winner in 2000. Witty, colourful and unpredictable this is a delightful picture book that has a very original presentation.  With a fussy eater at its core we discover that various vegetables come from all manner of planets...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 27/04/2001
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Take Your Last Breath
Lauren Child
Adventure on the wide open ocean, and Ruby is all at sea...Can she crack the case of the Twinford pirates while evading the clutches of a vile sea monster as well as the evil Count von Viscount? Well, you wouldn't...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/09/2012
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