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Charlie and Lola: I Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato

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Charlie and Lola: I Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato by Lauren Child

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By Lauren Child

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33 reviews

A classic Charlie and Lola picture book about fussy eating. Perfect for difficult dinner times!

Lola will not peas. In fact she won’t eat carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, cabbage or baked beans. And she will absolutely not ever NEVER eat a tomato. But when Charlie explains that peas are actually green drops from Greenland, and carrots are really orange twiglets from Jupiter, even Lola is tempted to clear her plate…

Told with true Lauren Child style, this warm and funny picture book will make dinner time fun for even the fussiest of eaters!

Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal

Reviews

14 Sep 2024

It's a fun book.

02 Sep 2024

Enjoyed the alternative names for foods

23 Jul 2024

I really loved this book. It is a non fiction one. My favourite character was Charlie because he tricked Lola into eating some stuff that she didn't like. I picked the book from the library because it was big and red and because it looked nice.

21 Sep 2023

nice

17 Aug 2023

Lola is funny!!

09 Aug 2023

I think this book was quite good.

03 Aug 2023

Funny and we liked the different names for food - night start trying different names at home

03 Sep 2022

I liked the story because it is like me. I hate tomatoes!
I liked Lola the best.

02 Sep 2022

I am not a fussy eater like Lola. II read this book more than once because it is fun.

28 Aug 2022

I liked this book because she was very fussy eating food, and she didn't like tomatoes but called them "moonsquirters". I also liked it because they gave funny names to food.

01 Aug 2022

This book was funny, I liked all the different vegetables and the names Charlie gives them

30 Jul 2022

It was really very funny. I liked how her brother tricked her into eating lots of different things. I liked Lola best. And I like to eat spaghetti the most.

23 Jul 2022

It is a fiction book.I like it because Charlie tricked Lola.

10 Jul 2022

'I like Lola'
Recommended

15 Apr 2022

I like tomatoes

10 Sep 2021

It was very funny.

08 Sep 2021

Nice story to help fussy eaters . A little to long for my 4 year old son to follow.

01 Sep 2021

I like the story but the writing is hard to read

28 Aug 2021

I loved this book because Charlie was so clever he made lol eat all the foods lola didn't like.
I want all my friends to read this book

20 Aug 2021

I liked this book and how they changed the food, but it was very repetitive.

06 Aug 2021

Lola didn't like any of the foods I like but she tried them. I enjoyed it.

27 Jul 2021

Lola is just like me! I like Charlie's ideas of the different foods.

22 Jul 2021

I thought this book was okay.

I liked the end of the story because Lola ended up eating all of the food but it was Charlie who wouldn't eat the tomato.

My favourite character is Lola because she is a girl like me. But I like Charlie too because he's a good big brother and he eats his food like a good boy.

04 Jan 2021

I like to read this book! It’s a fun read!

06 Sep 2020

I have the audio cd of this so I recognised the story. It is a good trick.

25 Aug 2020

Great for trying new food!

09 Aug 2020

I like it when she tried orange twiglets as they are my favourite.

05 Aug 2020

Fiction, I like best when she said a tomato, and yes it is a moonsquirter, you didn’t think that they were tomato’s did you Charlie?

02 Aug 2020

I like the Lola calls tomatoes moon squirrels. That’s the funny part.

02 Aug 2020

My favourite bit is at the end when Lola tricks Charlie back about the tomatoes.
I like all the names Charlie have the food to get Lola to eat it.

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