You Can Be My Friend

by Lauren Child

Book Overview

When Lola plans out her entire playdate with Morten, she is disappointed to learn that Morten is so shy, he won't even speak, and Lola must try everything she can to break Morten out of his shell. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0448448408
• ISBN13: 9780448448404
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.9" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 3 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

Fun book

I love reading this book with my daughter. She has seen this show on tv and loves watching it whenever she catches it.

Love it!

What a nice story of trying to make someone happy and then doing something they like to do that you don't really like to do but you know that it will make them happy! Excellent illustrations! Colorful, artful and bright! A great book for your book collection.

Love It!

Our family loves the Charlie and Lola books. If you like the show, the books are just as wonderful. Not just for preschoolers. My daughter is only a year old, but she loves listening to these stories and looking at all the cute illustrations.

"Lola says, 'Hello, Morten.' Morten doesn't say anything."

"You Can be My Friend" is a book adaptation of one of the most delightful and imaginative stories from the "Charlie and Lola" television series. In this book, Lola is meeting the little brother of Charlie's best friend Marv for the first time. Lola is extremely excited to meet Morten, who is her age, but it seems like Morten really isn't excited. Marv tells Lola that Morten isn't a "big talker," but Lola doesn't understand, at least not at first. She wants to play all sorts of games with him, such as tea party and "upside-down." Morten, however, just says nothing and does nothing, and when Lola finally asks him if he wants to play, he just shakes his head. But some kids just need a little drawing out of their shell. And Lola, being the high-spirited girl that she is, may figure out how to crack Morten's shell yet. Yes, I can promise a satisfying ending. The book features bouncy text and illustrations showing scenes from the TV series. The book is based on the script written by Carol Noble. Just the cover art alone seems like enough to sell it. Oh, and the pictures on the front and back cover are bit raised, adding an interesting effect.