About the Author

Lauren Child is the multi-talented prize-winning creator of the characters Charlie and Lola and Clarice Bean and co creator of the widely acclaimed The Princess and the Pea - a gloriously original retelling of a well-loved fairy tale. She has won the Smarties Gold Award, Smarties Bronze Award, Kate Greenaway Medal and been shortlisted for the Children's Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. Lauren lives in London.

Reviews

Lauren Child is so good, it's exhilirating
*Independent*

Wildly imaginative
*Guardian*

An irresistibly comic duo
*Sunday Telegraph*

Small exuberant masterpieces
*New Statesman*

Brilliantly funny
*Time Out*