Child, Lauren

Clarice Bean, aspiring actress and author, unsuccessfully tries to avoid getting into trouble as she attempts to help a friend in need by following the rules of the fictional, "exceptionordinarily" spy, Ruby Redfort.

A pop-up story in which Lola, a fussy eater, decides to sample the carrots after her brother Charlie convinces her that they are really orange twiglets from Jupiter.

A girl tries to select a pet that will not eat her, be a copycat, make too much noise, or leave dirty footprints around the house.

Lola brings the class guinea pig, Bert, home during summer vacation, and when she and her brother Charlie build a guinea pig run, he escapes, causing them to search everywhere until they find that Bert has surprisingly given birth to babies.

Lola, whose big brother always manages to scare her and make her jump, sets out to make him jump, too.

Mr. and Mrs. Bobton-Trent could never imagine ever running out of money, but when they did, their genius son Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent saved the day.

Maude prefers not to be noticed like the rest of her family, which comes in handy when they all come face-face with a hungry tiger.

Presents the numbers one to ten, counting such objects as cookies and "moonsquirters" in simple text with illustrations featuring Lola and her brother, Charlie.

A girl describes the hectic life she leads among the members of her large family, and her search for a little peace and quiet.

When her Uncle Ted, the fireman, comes to stay with Clarice and her brothers and sister while her mother is away, things get somewhat hectic.