I Am Too Absolutely Small for School (Charlie and Lola)

This book Charlie is tells school and trying to get her to go to school and in the end she does and she likes it

Review: Mom and dad tall Lola that she is big enough for school, but Lola thinks otherwise. Lola’s brother tried to convince Lola that she needed school, but Lola found excuse after excuse not go to school. After some consideration Lola finally made her way to school and met a special someone.

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Personal Reaction: I thought this was a super cute book. Lola made me laugh with the excuses she would give her brother about not going to school. It reminded me of when I was younger and my mom would tell me that she and my dad were going away for a little bit and I would be stuck with the babysitter. I would make suggestions, more like tell them, of how I would behave if I was able to go with them somewhere.

Extension: *This book would be great for those kids who are new to the school or are just beginning school. It would help them feel like they are not the only ones who feel this way and that something good would come out of being at school.* It also shows kids to learn how to have confidence when dealing with new things that come up in life.

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Lola is nervous about starting school and Charlie tries to make her feel better. A fun book to welcome new kindergarteners to their first days at school.

Lola is scared of going to school and big brother Charlie reassures her that she is going to be okay. I think that this is a great book to share with students that are just starting school. Lola has cute and clever excuses to not go, but then loves school. This can be a great example for little

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ones that it is okay to feel nervous or scared about starting school, but not to worry because school is fun! pk-1st grade. Multicultural

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In this cute story, Lola is trying to find any excuse to not start her first day of school. Charlie uses all sorts of reasons why she should go and her imaginary friend ends up being there to help.

How many kids have said they do not want to go to school? Well, Lola says she cannot go to school because she is too small! She does not see the point in going to school because she is too busy at home to make time for school. Her big brother, Charlie, feels that it is his job to encourage his

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sister to attend school. He tells her that her invisible friend will have to eventually go to school, and since no one but her can see him, he'll have no friends. This makes her think that she will have to go to school because he would need a friend. Her brother also says she will need to learn how to count and write. Lola refutes by saying she knows how to count up to ten which is good enough because everything she wants is ten or less. Charlie asks well what happens if there are eleven elephants that want cookies? She does not know how to answer his question. Next, he asks her about writing, and she says there is no need for her to write because she can use the telephone. Charlie says, well what about Santa? Lola can only write Santa, not call him. She also does not know how to answer this question. Eventually, she sees the many reasons why school is important and beneficial. Many children need to see the balance with school because they will always need to increase their knowledge since they never know what life will through at them.

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Lola is old enough to start kindergarten, but thinks she is too small to go. She is very nervous about starting school and Charlie talks about all the great things but she is unconvinced. The first day she goes she loves it and makes a friend right away. This is a good book to read to someone who

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is about to start school and is nervous about it.

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I love Charlie and Lola books and my sister has a bunch in her classroom because the parents keep buying them because the kids want them. This is a great book for those who are having second thoughts about their first day of school.

Lola is about to start school and is unsure about going so her brother Charlie starts to tell her all the things she will be able to do if she goes. This is quite a fun book and would be nice to read to children who are a little unsure about starting school.

This book is interesting because it is about an older brother that is NOT annoyed by his little sister. It is about a girl who just doesn't think she is ready for school and her older brother encourages her that she is funny and sweet and really a good person that everyone will love.

I had mixed feelings about this book. I loved the illustrations in the book, I thought they were bright and vibrant. It made the the book easy to follow. However, I did not like the placement of the words on the book as they were scattered and in circular formation, which made it very hard to

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follow. I liked how the book was about sisters, and the older was trying to make her little sister feel comfortable about starting school. She gave examples of what she would learn and why she would need to learn. I thought the plot was cute, and would be a good book to read to a child that is about to start school.

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This is a great first day of school book for kindergarteners. Most small kids are a bit worried about school so maybe Lola can help to ease their worries some. This book can help young students feel better about being nervous.

Lola is old enough to start kindergarten, but thinks she is too small to go. She is very nervous about starting school and Charlie talks about all the great things but she is unconvinced. The first day she goes she loves it and makes a friend right away. This is a good book to read to someone who

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is about to start school and is nervous about it.

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This book is a wonderful book for children who are just entering school. Lola is nervous to start school but her older brother Charlie helps her understand that school is not a scary place. The book includes text that draws the reader in because it swirls and twists around some of the pages. It

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also includes Lola's invisible friend who is illustrated with a clear raised image which is interesting for the children as well.

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This is a funny story about Lola who decides she is too small to go to school. Charlie then explains to Lola all the reasons she must go to school. In the end, Lola's reasoning about why she shouldn't have gone to school is pushed aside as she enjoys her first day and makes a new friend.

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illustrates many children's concerns about starting school. I love that it's the older brother that convinces Lola of all the reasons she should go to school. And in the end, we find out that school wasn't so bad after all. I would use this book for first grade and under. I think it's a great way to get students at young ages to relax about going to school. I think it's something they can relate to very well and this would be something they would enjoy.

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I thought this was a cute book for readers who are anxious about going to school for the first time. First, it was engaging because the main characters are from a popular TV show, Charlie and Lola. This would be an automatic fun read for anyone who likes the show. Second, Lola’s character is very

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easy to relate to for someone who is nervous about going to school. She discusses everything from a child’s perspective with immature reasoning, which is funny for me to read but would also be understandable terms for readers in the appropriate interest level. For example, on the second page Lola says, “I am absolutely not big. I am still really quite small” which is her reasoning for not being ready for school. On this page are Charlie and Lola’s characters lined up against a wall of graph paper with height labels such as “Huge, big, biggish, slightly small, tiny, and eeny weeny”. Another reason for her not wanting to go to school is because her “imaginary friend” might not be able to sit next to her. This is another hook for young readers, who at that developmental stage often do have special friends that affect their decision-making. The only feature of this book that I did not like was that some of the sentences were written in swirls rather than in straight lines. For an emerging reader, this would not be helpful to them and may take away from the story, especially if they are trying to read it independently. Other than that, I think this book pushes readers to be brave since at the end of the story the main character ends up having a great first day at school and even comes home with a friend! The message of this story is to encourage students that school is not a scary place and that they should feel excited about going to school.

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As the first day of school approaches, Lola makes up excuses as to why she cannot go to school, while her older brother, Charlie, tries to change her mind.

Another adorable story of the sweet siblings accompanied by playful pictures, this is a great read for young children who may be afraid of the

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first day of school.

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I think the book “I Am Too Absolutely Small for School” would be a really great book for a read aloud, but not a great book for young students to read on their own. I think it would be a good book for a read aloud because it is silly and teaches children some of the important reasons we go to

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school. For instance, Lola says, “I know lots of secrets. I don’t need to read words, and I’ve got all my books in my head. If I can’t remember, I can just make them up.” And her brother says “But Lola, what would you do if there was an ever-so-angry orge who would not go to sleep unless you read him his favorite bedtime story?” However, I do not think many young children would be able to read this book on their own because of the way the text is written. A lot of the text is small, and not in a normal font. Also, the words are sometimes scattered around the page or written in squiggly lines and loop-da-loops. This type of print would be very hard for a young child to follow and read on their own, but is very interesting to look at during a read aloud. The main idea of the story is that it is normal to be nervous about going to school for the first time, but school is important so you must push through your fears.

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This was a fun to read story about a little girl (Lola) and her apprehensions about starting school as told by her brother (Charlie). Lola comes up with all kinds of reasons why she does need to go to school. For every reason she comes up with Charlie is able to counter it with a reason of why she

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should.
The illustrations are drawings mostly which look as if they were drawn by children with some photographs added. When you put both the drawings and pictures together they make very interesting illustrations, which I believe most children will like.

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Very funny - I love these books. Good messages too - 'And Lola,' I say, 'don't you want to read words? Then you will be able to read your own books'.

This book is great for younger children who are just entering school. Lola is a little girl whose does not want to startschool. She is afraid she won't have anyone to play with or eat lunch with. She can only count to ten and doesn't know her ABC's. Her older sister Charlie, explains to her the

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importance of going to school. Lola ends up making friends and liking school.

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I loved this book and believe it to be one of the more entertaining and engaging children's books I've read thus far. I recommend "I Am Too Absolutely Small for School" for three- to five-year-olds. While it may be of particular interest for the child who wil be starting school for the first time,

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the humor in the story and illustrations will engage the interest of young children already in school as well. Many students who may have had negative feelings toward school can relate to this, but at the end of the day it's important that children attend school and learn from their teachers.

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This book is about two siblings talking about school. The younger sibling thinks shes too young to go to school because she can do only certain things and makes up excuses on why she doesn't need to go to school. Charlie the older sibling continues to tell Lola things that she might need to learn.

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Lola begins to understand that she might just need to go to school to learn more. Eventually, Lola goes to school and doesn't ave a problem with it at all, it was her imaginary friend that she was worried about.

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I think the book “I Am Too Absolutely Small for School” would be a really great book for a read aloud, but not a great book for young students to read on their own. I think it would be a good book for a read aloud because it is silly and teaches children some of the important reasons we go to

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school. For instance, Lola says, “I know lots of secrets. I don’t need to read words, and I’ve got all my books in my head. If I can’t remember, I can just make them up.” And her brother says “But Lola, what would you do if there was an ever-so-angry orge who would not go to sleep unless you read him his favorite bedtime story?” However, I do not think many young children would be able to read this book on their own because of the way the text is written. A lot of the text is small, and not in a normal font. Also, the words are sometimes scattered around the page or written in squiggly lines and loops. This type of print would be very hard for a young child to follow and read on their own, but is very interesting to look at during a read aloud. The main idea of the story is that it is normal to be nervous about going to school for the first time, but school is important so you must push through your fears.

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