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Clarice Bean Spells Trouble

Lauren Child, Author

Paperback

Series: Clarice Bean

Imprint: Orchard Books

Publication date: May 5, 2005

Category: Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage)

ISBN: 9781843628583

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A new 20th anniversary edition of the utterly classic Clarice Bean Spells Trouble by bestselling Children’s Laureate, Lauren Child.

There are so many things in life you can’t explain. Like why isn’t YOU spelt U? Why isn’t WHY spelt Y? And why can just opening your mouth get you into some very BIG trouble?

Clarice Bean is in non-stop trouble these days – almost as much as Karl Wrenbury, and he is the naughtiest boy in school. Clarice just wants to star in the school play and impress Mrs Wilberton in the spelling bee, but things aren’t quite going to plan . . .

‘Witty and charming. We can’t get enough of Clarice Bean.’
The Sunday Times

Reviews

Oodles of comic charm

Evening Standard

I love this book. It really is great - in fact, the Clarice Bean books are probably the best books I've ever read!!

Guardian.com

We can't get enough Clarice Bean

The Sunday Times

Oodles of comic charm

Evening Standard

What Bridget Jones is to thirtysomethings, Clarice Bean is to pre-teens: full of funny one-liners, doing her best to overcome her shortcomings, prone to embarrassing mistakes and good at heart ... The story, like Child's doodles, is witty and charming and crams a lot of meaning into apparent simplicity ... We can't get enough of Clarice Bean.

Sunday Times

We can't get enough Clarice Bean

The Sunday Times

Lauren Child

Lauren Child MBE is a multi-award-winning author and Waterstones 2017-2019 Children’s Laureate, whose books are known and loved the world over. She is the creator of many much-loved characters, including Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean and Ruby Redfort. Since her first book was published in 1999, Lauren has sold over six million books in 19 languages worldwide. Her many awards include 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. Lauren is a UNESCO Artist for Peace and a Trustee of the House of Illustration, and has an MBE for services to literature. She loves designing and making things and finds it exciting to see her drawings turned into objects. Other favourite things include the cinema, TV matinees, small Italian cars, handbags, cardigans, travelling and being picked up from the airport.