Guests > Lauren Child

Events

Saturday 26 November

Lauren Child and Sara Fanelli
on their French Passions
3:30 pm - 4:30pm
Book signing
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
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Biography

Lauren Child is an English author and illustrator. She was born in 1965 in Marlborough, the middle of three daughters. She is best known for writing the Charlie and Lola books and Clarice Bean novels. Her second book in this series, Clarice Bean Spells Trouble was shortlisted for the 2005 British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year. Charlie and Lola has been sold throughout the world, and has won many prizes, including BAFTAs in 2007 for Best Children's Television Show and Best Script. Lauren Child's humourous illustrations contain many different media including magazine cuttings, collage, material and photography as well as traditional watercolours. Lauren Child lives in London.

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Flavour of her work

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Selected bibliography

Pippi Longstocking, text by Astrid Lindgren (Viking Children's Books 2007), I Am Too Absolutely Small for School (Orchard Books 2003), Utterly Me, Clarice Bean (Orchard Books 2002), I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato (Orchard Books 2000), Clarice Bean Spells Trouble (Orchard Books 2004), Slightly Invisible (Orchard Books 2010)

Bibliographie sélective

Moi j'aime pas les tomates! (Gründ 2010), Non, j'irai pas au lit! (Albin Michel 2001), Clarice la Miss (Albin Michel Jeunesse, 1999)