Hello, Sweetie Pie

by Carl Norac

Book Overview

Lola's friends tease and laugh at her when she tells them that her parents call her by such nicknames as Babycake, Sweetie Pie, and Fairy Princess. She doesn't understand why they're laughing; doesn't... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385327331
• ISBN13: 9780385327336
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 2 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

A gentle picturebook story of a mouse and friends

Claude Dubois' inviting drawings lend to an appreciation of this very simple story of parental endearments, which embarrass a daughter when friends tease. She loves her parents and wonder if everyone has an affectionate nickname in this gentle picturebook story of a mouse and friends.

Delightful story with easily absorbed life lessons.

Lola is having a great first day of school until Lulu asks if she has a nickname at home. When Lola replies that her parents call her baby-cake, sweetie pie or fairy princess, Lulu and the other children can't stop laughing. But Lola soon learns that everyone from the police officer to the baker has a silly nickname. When Lulu makes a surprising confession, Lola learns an important lesson about sharing. Hello, Sweetie Pie is a delightful and entertaining tale of little hamsters is so well written by Carl Norac and illustrated by Claude Dubos that young readers will be able to instantly identify with these charming characters and easily absorb their life lessons.