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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lisa Salmon

Author Lauren Child: ‘People send me pictures of their Charlie and Lola tattoos’

Many of today’s young people grew up being read Charlie and Lola stories and watching the TV series about the patient older brother and his imaginative little sister.

This year marks 25 years since the first Charlie and Lola book, I Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato, was published, and the books’ author, Lauren Child, has finally written a Christmas Charlie and Lola tale to mark the endearing pair’s silver jubilee, reminding fans that this is a brother and sister team that will never grow up.

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