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Meet the author
Lauren Child (born in 1967, Wiltshire, United
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Kingdom) is an English writer and illustrator.
She is best known for the Charlie and Lola
picture books and the Clarice Bean series of
picture books and novels. Her picture books
have won numerous prizes and she has sold
over 3 million books in 19 countries and in
30 languages. Her distinctive style combines
drawing, photography and collage and her
witty words skip and dance across the page. Lauren Child
Lauren Child lives in London, where she
works for the Design Agency ‘Big Fish’.

Word Trove

keep an eye on /kiːp ən aɪ ɒn/ : keep under careful observation
fussy /ˈfʌsi/ : choosy about one’s needs; hard to please
spaghetti /spəˈɡeti/ : an Italian meal made of noodles with sauce
sausage /ˈsɒsɪdʒ/ : a thin, tube-like food item containing meat that has

been cut into very small pieces and mixed with spices
twiglet /twɪɡlət/ : a small branch of a tree
goody /ˈɡʊdi/ : a good or favoured person, especially a hero in a book,
film, etc.

incredibly /ɪnˈkredəbli/ : to a great degree; extremely
nibble /ˈnɪbl/ : take small bites
mashed /mæʃt/ : crushed and mixed (food)
fluff /flʌf/ : soft fibers from fabrics such as wool or cotton which is
collected in small light clumps. For example, you can refer to the fur

of a small animal as fluff.
mermaid /ˈmɜːmeɪd/ : a mythical sea creature with the head and body of
a woman and the tail of a fish
gobbling /ˈɡɒblɪŋ/ : eating (something) hurriedly and noisily

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