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Lola'S best, bestest friend Lotta has
an extra-special new fluffy white
coat. It is the most |0ye|ieSt coat Lola
has ever seen and she really wants to
borrow it.

Lotta says okay, but Lola must
promise to keep it NEW and fluffy and
WHITE.

Will Lola be able to keep her promise
to Lotta, even when she goes to the
supermarket, the post office, and out
in the rain?

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Child, Lauren.

I will be especially very careful / characters created by Lauren Child;
[text based on the script written by Anna Starkey ; illustrations from the TV animation produced by Tiger Aspect],

p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-8037-3379-4
I. Starkey, Anna. II. Tiger Aspect Productions. III. Charlie and Lola (Television program) IV. Title.

PZ7.C4383Ikm 2009
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2008048049

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

Lola's best, bestest friend Lotta has
come round to play .. .



Lotta has got a new coat and Lola REALLY likes it.

Lotta says,
"It's an extra-special present from my granny.

She got it from abjf’Oad."

Lola says.
"It really is the most loUeNeSt

thing I have EVER seen.

"It is very WHITE. And it is as
It reminds me of snow
soft
Yovety ■

WHITE

StvOVJ'



In the kitchen, I say.
Why are you wearing my mum's apron, Lotta?

And Lola says,

'Because she is wearing her brand-new

And she must

NOT do

spilling." —_•—

"How are you going
to keep it all new and

fluffy and WHITE, Lotta?"

And Lotta says ...

NOT
wet

rain.



When it's time to go home, Lola says,
"We can do snapping if you like.

You can borrow my new clippy handbag . ..
and I can borrow

And I will be eSpeCja|ly VERY careful."

"Um . . . OK," says Lotta. "And you'll
remember to keep it all

new and

fluffy and
WHITE."

But when Mum
takes us to the

supermarket,

Lola says,

Lola says,
"Does it still

look like new?"

And I say,
"It's DEFINITELY

still brand-new."

In the p°st Office, Lola says.

Charlie, I'm just going to be
a little bit away from you because

you are sticky."

But then

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So I help to
un-stick Lola.

Has it unstuck the

fluff?" says Lola.

Don't worry,

it's still all fluffy.

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SjmLotta's
getting aft

WET/i

And I say,

6

And Lola says,
"Is the c<>at

still fluffy
and WHITE?

And I say,
yy'Yi es, it's FINE.

;w!" says Lola. "It's D
in the I'brary, Charlie

There is no rdill in here and
there's no shopping trolleys

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But there are

hundreds

of books!"

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:^-4O.

On our way home,
I say,

"It's so sunny now,
I don't even

need my coat."

-oh no!

Lotta's

coat!"

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So we run back to the I'brdrlJ

but Lotta's COflt is not anywhere.

"It's a dreadful
DISASTER, Charlie!"

At bedtime, Lola says,
"What am I going to say to Lotta?"

"You'll just have to tell her the truth .. .
that you lost her coat."

*•

"But what if she doesn't LIKE
me anymore?" says Lola.

And I say,
"I'm sure she will understand."

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The next day, Vcr
Lola sees Lotta
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in the school playground.

"Hello, Lola!" says Lotta.
"Where's my

fluffy coat?"

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post Office looked like new
I took it to the r
and it still

And it 6 b

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rained, ^ ( 6b

but I borrowed A And then
we went to
Mum's umbrella
the I'bracii and ...
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. . . It got cl bit,

slightly LOST/'

"But then you FOUND it?"
says Lotta.

And Lola says,
"No . • •

it is VERY lost.
I am really

sorry, Lotta."

But just then Minnie comes over.

I'veII-CI got
your coat, Lola!

You left it in
the I'brary!"

And Lola and Lotta say,

"Oh, THANK YOU!

In the classroom, Lola says,
'Oooh! That is a very fluffy and WHITE pencil case.

Maybe I could borrow it?1
And Lotta says, "Mmm ... no.



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Praise for other

Lolaill,!"1 fie and adventures:

School Library Journal
Best of the Year

★ "The author does an excellent
job of capturing the way

youngsters think and act."
—School Library Journal
(starred review)

★ "Lola's exuberance is made
manifest on every page. . . .
Good book; great kids."
—Booklist (starred review)

"A good read aloud, this also
begs to be passed around."

—Booklist

art © 2008 by Lauren Child/
Aspect Productions Limited

Reinforced binding
) • Manufactured in China

Charlie has this little sister Lola.
She is small and very funny.
Lola's best friend Lotta
has an EXTREMELY soft
and very fluffy NEW coat,
and Lola really wants to borrow it

Lola says,
. "I will be

especially

VERY careful."

ISBN TO-Q-aOBV-BBV'l-M To find out more about
Charlie and Lola, visit
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charlieandlola.com

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