Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato | 2000 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 2 | My Very Busy Sticker Book | 2000 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 3 | Charlie and Lola’s Actions | 2000 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 4 | I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed | 2001 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 5 | I Am Too Absolutely Small for School | 2003 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 6 | We Honestly Can Look After Your Dog | 2005 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 7 | But Excuse Me That Is My Book | 2005 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 8 | I’ve Won, No I’ve Won, No I’ve Won | 2005 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 9 | My School Play Sticker Stories | 2006 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 10 | I Absolutely Must Do Coloring Now or Painting or Drawing | 2006 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 11 | I Completely Must Do Drawing Now and Painting and Coloring | 2006 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 12 | My Wobbly Tooth Must Not Ever Never Fall Out | 2006 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 13 | Snow Is My Favorite and My Best | 2006 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 14 | Whoops! But It Wasn’t Me | 2006 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 15 | Boo! Made You Jump! | 2007 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 16 | Charlie and Lola’s Opposites | 2007 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 17 | My Completely Best And Very Busy Book | 2007 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 18 | But I do know ALL about chocolate | 2007 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 19 | My Picnic Sticker Stories | 2007 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 20 | I’m Really Ever So Not Well | 2007 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 21 | Sizzles Is Completely Not Here | 2007 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 22 | Can You Maybe Turn the Light On? | 2007 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 23 | Charlie and Lola’s Colours | 2007 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 24 | Charlie And Lola’s Animals | 2007 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 25 | Say Cheese! | 2007 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 26 | This Is Actually My Party | 2007 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 27 | My Completely Best and Very Busy Bookby Lauren Child | 2007 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 28 | You Can Be My Friend | 2007 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 29 | Look After Your Planet | 2008 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 30 | Charlie And Lola’s Things | 2008 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 31 | Charlie and Lola’s Shapes | 2008 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 32 | But I AM an Alligator | 2008 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 33 | I CAN Do Anything That’s Everything All On My Own | 2008 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 34 | Charlie and Lola’s Numbers | 2008 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 35 | I Really Must Do Scribbling and Sticking Now | 2008 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 36 | I want to be much more bigger like you | 2008 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 37 | I Really Wonder What Plant I’m Growing | 2008 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 38 | I Will Be Especially Very Careful | 2008 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 39 | I completely KNOW about guinea pigs | 2008 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 40 | I’m Just Not Keen on Spiders | 2008 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 41 | I Am Really, Really Concentrating | 2008 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 42 | My Extremely Smallish Little Library | 2008 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 43 | I Am Collecting a Collection | 2008 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 44 | Charlie and Lola’s Clothes | 2009 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 45 | But Where Completely Are We? | 2009 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 46 | We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers | 2009 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 47 | HELP! I Really Mean It! | 2009 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 48 | You Won’t Like This Present as Much as I Do! | 2009 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 49 | My Dancing Sticker Stories | 2009 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 50 | It Is Extremely Important to Do Drawing and Sticking | 2009 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 51 | I am EXTREMELY absolutely boiling | 2009 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 52 | I Really, Really Need Actual Ice Skates | 2009 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 53 | I Want To Play Music Too | 2009 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 54 | I Really Absolutely Must Have Glasses | 2009 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 55 | Charlie Is Broken! | 2009 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 56 | I Am Going to Save a Panda! | 2010 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 57 | I can’t STOP hiccuping! | 2010 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 58 | I Am Inventing an Invention | 2010 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 59 | MY Best, BEST friend | 2010 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 60 | Slightly Invisible | 2010 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 61 | I Slightly Want to Go Home | 2011 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 62 | please may I have SOME of yours? | 2011 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 63 | We Completely Must Go to London | 2011 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 64 | I Would Like to Actually Keep It | 2011 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 65 | But I’ve Used All My Pocket Change | 2012 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 66 | Sizzles, Where Are You? | 2013 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 67 | Sizzles is a Star | 2013 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 68 | Charlie and Lola: My Best, Best Friend | 2014 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 69 | Absolutely One Thing | 2015 | Lauren Child | Buy |
| 70 | A Dog with Nice Ears: Featuring Charlie and Lola | 2018 | Lauren Child | Buy |
Charlie and Lola is a picture book series by Lauren Child about a patient older brother, Charlie, and his strong-willed little sister, Lola. The books are narrated by Charlie and written in Lola’s distinct, emphatic voice, with titles that often mimic her dramatic declarations. The first book, I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato, won the Kate Greenaway Medal and introduced the playful relationship that carries through the entire series.
The series covers everyday childhood moments, from losing teeth and starting school to recycling and looking after pets. Lauren Child’s collage illustration style gives the books a handmade, textured look that sets them apart from other picture book series. The books were adapted into a BAFTA-winning BBC animated series that ran from 2005 to 2008.
With 70 books published between 2000 and 2018, the Charlie and Lola series includes picture books, sticker books, activity books, and board books. They can be read in any order, though publication order shows how the characters and their world grew over nearly two decades.