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At the library, Lola just has to get

Beetles, Bugs, and Butterfliffi,

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But wait a minute—it's not there.

It is completely not there!

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Beetles, Bugs, and Butterflies

is Lola's book!

In a charming and delightfully funny
way, Charlie helps his little sister Lola
discover that there is more than one
extra-special book to be found in the
library. And this Charlie and Lola adven¬
ture, based on the characters created
by award-winning author and illustrator
Lauren Child, can also be seen as an
episode of the new hit television series
on Playhouse Disney!

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First published by Puffin Books 2005
13579 10 8642
Text and illustrations copyright © Tiger Aspect Productions Ltd and Milk Monitor Ltd, 2005
Charlie and Lola copyright © Tiger Aspect Productions Ltd/Lauren Child
Charlie and Lola TM owned by Lauren Child
All rights reserved
The moral right of the author and illustrator has been asserted
Manufactured in China on acid-free paper
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Child, Lauren.
But excuse me that is my book / Lauren Child.
p. cm.
Text based on script written by Bridget Hurst and Carol Noble.
Summary: When Lola's favorite book is not on the library's shelf,
her older brother, Charlie, tries to find another book she will enjoy.
ISBN 0-8037-3096-9
[1. Books and reading—Fiction. 2. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 3. Libraries—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.C4383But 2006
[E]—dc22 2005010389

I have this little sister, Lola.
She is small and very funny.

Lola loves reading and she really loves books.
But at the moment there is

one book that is extra specially special.

One day, Lola says,
"Charlie, Dad says he will take

us to the library and we must go
right now and get

Beetles, Bugs, and Butterflies."

Lola loves Beetles, Bugs, and Butterflies.
say,
"But Dad took that booh out
for you last time...

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I say,
"I know that, Lola.

Come on.
Dad's waiting."
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little legs. Charlie!"



When we get to the library,
Lola is still saying,

"Beetles, Bugs, and Butterflies
is the very best booh in the world

because you learn a lot and
it is Very great and extremely very
interesting.
And ...

And I really, really
must get it."



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I say, "Lola! Be quiet!"
Lola says, "But Charlie, Illy booh is lost!

It is completely not there!"

I say,
"Lola, remember this is a library,

so someone must have borrowed it.

Lola says,
But Beetles, Bogs,
and Butterflies

I say,

"But it's not your library.

Someone else obviously
wanted to read your boob."

Lola says.
"But they can't. It's TTly booh."

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So I say, "Lola, just think.

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in the library to

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airplanes, and astronauts.

Boohs about castles,
dragons, and uolcanoes,

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mountains, and pixies.
And boohs about Romans."

I say,
"Look! Romans! This one tells you

all about history in the Roman times.
Like how the Romans built long, straight roads

and rode chariots and had
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Then Lola says,

"Beetles, Bugs, and Butterflies
is really funny

and makes me

laugh

and

laugh

and

laugh..."

I say, -V''-'*■::

"So it's an animal booh you want.

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A booh with ... lots of pictures... a story.,

bigno words... and animals that make you laugh."

Lola says, "Yep."

I say, "How about this, Lola?! Cheetahs and Chimpanzees.

Lola says, "Are there

beetles, bugs, and butterflies in it?!

I say, "No, there are

cheetahs and chimpanzees.

Give it a try, Lola. Please.

Lola says, "Okay Charlie,
I will. But it won't

be as good as...

Butterflies!

Oh no, Charlie! Look!

That girl's got Illy b°oh!

I don't think she knows

it is

TTly booh!





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Lola says,
"I want TTly book, Charlie!"
And I say,

"But you said you would try
Cheetahs and Chimpanzees."

Lola says,
"Well... I'll try it,

but it won't be as good

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then Lola says,
D°k at that. The cheetahs are very

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what, Charlie

"This booh is probably
the most best booh in the whole wide world

because it is so interesting and so |ouely
and you know it has the absolutely best pictures of any booh e^er

and the baby chimps are very funny..."





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rk is recognized and loved the world
ideas from overhearing funny conversations
and seeing peculiar things happen. Ms. Child
has won many awards for her books, including
the Kate Greenaway Medal, which is England's
equivalent of the Caldecott, for I Will Never
Not Ever Eat a Tomato. She has also won IRA
Children's Choices for I Am Not Sleepy and I
Will Not Go to Bed and Clarice Bean, That's
Me. Her endearing characters like Charlie
and Lola and Clarice Bean create an instant
connection with their readers because they
are such real, funny, and lovable kids.
Lauren Child lives in London, England.

Jacket art © 2005 by Lauren Child
Tiger Aspect Productions Limited

Reinforced Binding
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