- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Year: 2025
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 44pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 280x255mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.5kg
- ISBN: 9781398542792
- Product code: 546006
Charlie and Lola: I am Wishing Every Minute for Christmas
Featuring Charlie and Lola
Lauren ChildPostscript summary
I have this little sister Lola. She is small and very funny.
If Lola even thinks about Christmas she can't sit still on her chair.
If you BREATHE the word Christmas she hops up and down.
If you say, "Christmas is coming," she just runs round and round.
Lola is wishing every minute for Christmas, but it is a long way away and too far to wait. Can her brother Charlie think of some clever ways to make the time pass more quickly?
Find out in this hugely relatable and funny story about how to wait for something when you really can't wait from bestselling and award-winning Lauren Child.
Satisfying, stylish storytelling from a true picture book original
The return of beloved siblings Charlie and Lola, stars of the BAFTA award-winning CBeebies TV series
The perfect book to kickstart your Christmas countdown
'Lauren Child is a star...' The Guardian
Other original Charlie and Lola picture books by Lauren Child:
I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato
I Am Too Absolutely Small for School
I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed
Slightly Invisible
One Thing
A Dog with Nice Ears
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