I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (Charlie and Lola)
by Lauren Child
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Author: Lauren ChildIllustrator: Lauren Child
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-09-15
ISBN: 0763621803
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Candlewick
Book Reviews of I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (Charlie and Lola)
Book Review: Absolutely delightful!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just love Charlie & Lola! This is a great book! Charlie is such a lovely big brother and reminds me so much of several of the children I cared for when I lived in England. Lola is also delightful, and 'full of beans' as they say on that side of the pond. There's no need for Supernanny with these two, they are sweet, respectful, charming, imaginative and delightful.
My 19 month old daughter doesn't watch the television version, but is always asking me to read this book and several of the other C&L books to her. The other day she met a little boy at the playground with this book, it was the Korean version, but boy did she recognize it! I am looking foward to buying the DVD's for my little girl for Christmas.
I will be first in line for any more of these wonderful stories.
Summary of I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (Charlie and Lola)
The critically acclaimed Charlie and Lola books -- now an animated series on television!Lola is a fussy eater. A very fussy eater. She won?t eat her carrots (until her brother Charlie reveals that they?re orange twiglets from Jupiter). She won?t eat her mashed potatoes (until Charlie explains that they?re cloud fluff from the pointiest peak of Mount Fuji). There are many things Lola won?t eat, including - and especially - tomatoes. Or will she? Two endearing siblings star in a witty story about the triumph of imagination over proclivity.
"Youngsters will never - not ever - pass up a second helping." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Lola is a very fussy eater. Carrots are for rabbits and peas are "too small and too green." One day, after rattling off her long list of despised foods, she ends with the vehement pronouncement, "And I absolutely will never not ever eat a tomato." Not convinced, Lola's older sister Charlie has an idea. She tells Lola that the orange things on the table are not carrots, but "orange twiglets from Jupiter" and peas are in fact "green drops from Greenland." Mashed potatoes, when pitched as "cloud fluff from the pointiest peak of Mount Fuji" suddenly seem appealing to Lola. And in the end, might she even eat a tomato?
Lauren Child's wacky, expressive sketches of Lola and Charlie (much like those in Clarice Bean, That's Me) are cut out and superimposed on all sorts of textures and patterns from wallpaper to wood. Fuzzy, enlarged photographs of bowls of peas, or fish sticks, or big carrots are pasted right on top to great effect. This funny, endearing look at how children's tastes can be based more on preconception than taste buds is sure to infuse levity into the daily dinner-table struggle. The author's dedication? "With love from Lauren / who is keen on Marmite / but would rather not eat a raisin." (Ages 3 to 8) --Karin Snelson
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