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    I Am Wishing Every Minute for Christmas

    Part of Charlie and Lola

    Author Lauren Child
    Illustrated by Lauren Child
    Hardcover
    $18.99 US
    Candlewick
    9-13/16"W x 10-13/16"H | 20 oz | 1 per carton
    On sale Sep 22, 2026 | 40 Pages | 9781536251715
    Age 3-7 years
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    Nobody has less patience for waiting than Lola . . . and no one exudes more joy when the day finally arrives! A surefire Christmas classic from the beloved creator of the Charlie and Lola and Clarice Bean series.

    It begins when the leaves start to fall in September. “Christmas is soon!” Lola happily declares. Luckily, Charlie, her ever-patient big brother, knows a few good diversions, like making a list of Christmas to-dos (things that make Christmas more Christmas. There’s writing Christmas cards—enough for forty-four elves and Lola’s imaginary friend, Soren Lorenson. There’s finding an extremelyish tall Christmas tree, one almost as huge as a polar bear. There’s the Advent calendar with twenty-four little doors—though, unfortunately, Christmas doesn’t come faster if you open them all at once . . . With a sackful of warmth and wit and her signature dynamic collages, Lauren Child gifts children (and the child in us all) a Christmas story full of wonders both familiar and magical.
    Lauren Child is the creator of many picture books, including The New Small Person, Absolutely One Thing, and A Dog with Nice Ears, as well as the hugely popular Charlie and Lola and Clarice Bean series and a spin-off series of novels about Ruby Redfort. She is also the illustrator of Gray by Laura Dockrill among other books. Lauren Child has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. She lives in London.
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    Nobody has less patience for waiting than Lola . . . and no one exudes more joy when the day finally arrives! A surefire Christmas classic from the beloved creator of the Charlie and Lola and Clarice Bean series.

    It begins when the leaves start to fall in September. “Christmas is soon!” Lola happily declares. Luckily, Charlie, her ever-patient big brother, knows a few good diversions, like making a list of Christmas to-dos (things that make Christmas more Christmas. There’s writing Christmas cards—enough for forty-four elves and Lola’s imaginary friend, Soren Lorenson. There’s finding an extremelyish tall Christmas tree, one almost as huge as a polar bear. There’s the Advent calendar with twenty-four little doors—though, unfortunately, Christmas doesn’t come faster if you open them all at once . . . With a sackful of warmth and wit and her signature dynamic collages, Lauren Child gifts children (and the child in us all) a Christmas story full of wonders both familiar and magical.

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    Lauren Child is the creator of many picture books, including The New Small Person, Absolutely One Thing, and A Dog with Nice Ears, as well as the hugely popular Charlie and Lola and Clarice Bean series and a spin-off series of novels about Ruby Redfort. She is also the illustrator of Gray by Laura Dockrill among other books. Lauren Child has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. She lives in London.
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