Customer Reviews

This is not my favourite, or my best... - By: Mrs. K. A. Wheatley, 17 Apr 2008
Lots of these newer Charlie & Lola books are spin offs from the television series, & aren't written by Lauren Child at all. Sometimes this doesn't matter, as the series & the books do try to stay as close to the original books as possible, & with good reason, they work.

This one, to me, is not quite on the money. Child is very playful & cheeky with her stories. It's always clear that Charlie & Lola are good kids who are kind to each other, despite the mischief they get into, butin this book the moral is rather laboured, & it's alarmingly thin on the amusement front.

Lola becomes obsessed by dressing up as an alligator, & refuses to do anything unless she isin costume. Charlie worries that she will be teased, especially when she decides to go to school dressed as an alligator. Lola proves that his fears are unfounded & that it is 'ok to be different'. All a bit too chocolate boxy for my liking & my kids least favourite of the books.