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Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now Synopsis
It's the worry you hadn't even thought to worry about that should worry you the most. At least that's how it looks to Clarice Bean, who has been writing her worries in a notebook - things like Worry no. 1: infinity, or Worry no. 3: change.
And now that her worst never-imagined worry has happened - her utterly best friend is moving away forever - Clarice doesn't even care about her tickets to the Ruby Redfort, girl detective, film premiere. That is, unless something happens to change things again . . .
Lauren Child's trademark wit combines with spot-on insight in this hugely engaging story about childhood worries, unwanted changes and finding friendships in the most surprising places.
About This Edition
ISBN: |
9781846165078 |
Publication date: |
3rd September 2020 |
Author: |
Lauren Child |
Illustrator: |
Lauren Child |
Publisher: |
Orchard Books an imprint of Hachette Children's Group |
Format: |
Paperback |
Pagination: |
252 pages |
Series: |
Clarice Bean |
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Press Reviews
Lauren Child Press Reviews
Genuinely funny, with lively illustrations. - The Independent
Funny, contemporary and perceptive - The Mail on Sunday
A comic and poignant journey. - The Sunday Times
Creative typography and comic illustrations help make this a hugely enjoyable and touching read. - The Scotsman
Clarice Bean fans will be delighted by her new adventures... Anxieties such as change and having to go back to school after the holidays will be recognised by everyone, while her ways of approaching them are delightful. - The Guardian
An incredibly funny book...you just have to read it! -- Maia Harvey, aged 11 - First News
Hilarious and touching - Croydon Advertiser
A witty and wise book - School Librarian
A hilarious tale and a delightfully funny character - Torquay Herald Express
Author
About Lauren Child
Lauren Child is the author/illustrator of the much-loved Charlie and Lola books (now a major TV show) for very young readers, the Ruby Redfort series for older children and the Clarice Bean series for 7+ children as well as Hubert Horatio and many stand alone books.
Former Children's Laureate Lauren Child burst on to the children’s books scene in 1999 and has since published many bestselling and awardwinning books, including those featuring the hugely popular Charlie and Lola, and the Clarice Bean series. She has won numerous awards including the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal and the Smarties Gold Award. Her books have been made into an award-winning TV series and have sold in many languages with runaway success.
In December 2008 she was named as a UNESCO Artist for Peace, and was awarded an MBE in 2009.
Lauren Child was the 10th Waterstones Children's Laureate. Of the role she said, “I want to inspire children to believe in their own creative potential, to make their own stories and drawings and ignite in them the delight of reading for pleasure. In an increasingly fast paced world, children need the freedom to dream and imagine; to enjoy reading, drawing and telling their own stories without value judgement or restraint”.
The role of Children's Laureate is awarded every two years to an author or illustrator of children’s books to “celebrate outstanding achievement in their field and recognise the important contribution children’s literature makes to cultural life”. Child’s tenure will ran until June 2019, which marked 20 years since the post was inaurgurated by Quentin Blake and since Child published her first book.
Child revealed that Blake was a huge inspiration to her. “When I was little, it never occurred to me to think of authors and illustrators as actual human beings," she said. "Then I saw Quentin on television live drawing on “Jackanory”, so he became a real-life illustrator to me and that made it something it was possible to become.”
Other previous post-holders include Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Michael Rosen and Malorie Blackman.
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