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Smile by Lauren Child

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Smile

Clarice Bean (Related to this series)

Author
Lauren Child
Narrator
Lauren Child
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Publish Date
28 March 2024
Run Time
4 hours 53 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Children's / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children's / Teenage: Humorous stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children's / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships

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What to expect

Clarice Bean is back with all her trademark humour in this heartwarming story by former Children’s Laureate Lauren Child

At the moment I am daydreaming about inventing something exceptionordinarily good that could change the world for the better, because of all the things, it’s the better that’s needed.

And if you are thinking I'm too small to make a difference then remember the plankton – they are one of the tiniest creatures on the planet but without them where would we be? Probably living on Mars.

The utterly wonderful Clarice Bean is thinking about the endangered things: the big creatures, the little creatures, the plants and the trees. But it’s not just the planet that needs help – there’s her whole family too . . .

Critics Review

  • Praise for Scram:

    ‘Clarice Bean is one of the most distinctive comic voices of children’s literature’ Sunday Times, Book of the Week, Best Books of the Year

    ‘Superbly illustrated, slyly funny’ Guardian

    ‘Lauren Child knows what goes through a child's mind, and how to transfer those thoughts to the page … See for yourself by reading this entertaining tale’ Herald

    ‘A new Clarice Bean novel is always an event and Lauren Child’s Clarice Bean: Scram! brings us more of her distinctive voice and elegant quirky illustrations to delight in’ The Times, Best Books for Summer

    Praise for the CLARICE BEAN series:

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

    ‘Oodles of comic charm’ Evening Standard

    ‘Funny, contemporary and perceptive’ Mail on Sunday

    ‘Clarice Bean fans will be delighted by her new adventures’ Guardian

    ‘Hugely enjoyable and touching’ Scotsman

    ‘Utterly fantastic’ Sunday Times

    ‘Smile is a story that readers between seven and eleven years old will no doubt find moving, about how real life can get on top of us all – a story where, in the end, it feels as if the kids are going to be alright.' TLS

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Details
Author
Lauren Child
Narrator
Lauren Child
Duration
4 hours 53 minutes
Release Date
28 March 2024
ISBN
9780008699178
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Genre
Children's / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children's / Teenage: Humorous stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children's / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships

Synopsis

Clarice Bean is back with all her trademark humour in this heartwarming story by former Children’s Laureate Lauren Child At the moment I am daydreaming about inventing something exceptionordinarily good that could change the world for the better, because of all the things, it’s the better that’s needed. And if you are thinking I'm too small to make a difference then remember the plankton – they are one of the tiniest creatures on the planet but without them where would we be? Probably living on Mars. The utterly wonderful Clarice Bean is thinking about the endangered things: the big creatures, the little creatures, the plants and the trees. But it’s not just the planet that needs help – there’s her whole family too . . .

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