I Am Really, Really Concentrating

It’s Field Day at Charlie and Lola’s school and each student is allowed to choose one activity in which to participate. Charlie, Marv, and Lotta all quickly find activities that they’re good at, but Lola struggles to find one to suit her. Lola eventually chooses the egg-and-spoon race and succeeds at it by really, really concentrating.
Lauren Child is one of today's most talented and innovative children's writers and illustrators. Winner of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the Kate Greenaway Medal, she is best known for creating the characters Clarice Bean and the BAFTA Award–winning Charlie and Lola. She is co-creator of The Princess and the Pea and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. View titles by Lauren Child

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It’s Field Day at Charlie and Lola’s school and each student is allowed to choose one activity in which to participate. Charlie, Marv, and Lotta all quickly find activities that they’re good at, but Lola struggles to find one to suit her. Lola eventually chooses the egg-and-spoon race and succeeds at it by really, really concentrating.

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Lauren Child is one of today's most talented and innovative children's writers and illustrators. Winner of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the Kate Greenaway Medal, she is best known for creating the characters Clarice Bean and the BAFTA Award–winning Charlie and Lola. She is co-creator of The Princess and the Pea and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. View titles by Lauren Child

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