This is Actually My Party

by Lauren Child

Lauren Child's much-loved characters Charlie and little sister Lola are back in this fun birthday story.

It's Charlie's birthday and he's having a special monster-themed birthday party for all his friends. Lola can't wait to join in the party fun, but as usual she gets carried away with ideas of her own: not only does she insist on making pink fairy cakes for his friends, but she opens his cards and presents too. How can Charlie make Lola understand that it is actually his party?

Fans of Charlie and Lola will love this entertaining, warm-hearted story about helping and sharing, which includes a page of colourful birthday stickers too.

Publisher: Puffin Books

Lauren Child

Lauren Child grew up in Marlborough, Wiltshire. She is the middle of three sisters and both her parents are teachers. She has had a variety of jobs from waitressing to designing exotic, elegant lampshades and working as an artist's assistant to Damien Hirst.

Lauren Child is considered one of the most talented children's book author/illustrators working today and has won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal for I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato, the Nestle Gold Book Award for That Pesky Rat and the Nestle Bronze Book Award for Beware of the Storybook Wolves. Utterly Me, Clarice Bean, Lauren's first fiction title, was a runaway success all over the world followed by Clarice Bean Spells Trouble and Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now. Lauren has now sold over 3 million books in 19 countries across the globe.

Lauren Child