Hop Lola Hop - A Yummy Market Day Adventure: Hop Lola Hop

by Kathy Urban, Siski Kalla (Illustrator)

Overview

Lola, the little toy bunny, joins her best friend, Ella, on a day out to explore the local market. All is well until - once again - Lola Hop! Hop! Hops ... just a little too far. All because she wants to help Ella find a special ingredient for their picnic.Does Lola discover what she is looking for? And will the friends be reunited in the e nd? Hop away with Lola and Ella in another magical adventure, full of heart, hope and yummy food!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781912678808
Publisher:	Little Steps Publishing
Publication date:	06/01/2023
Series:	Hop Lola Hop
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 9.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Kathy is a multilingual journalist and has been reporting on news, entertainment and environmental stories for over a decade. She’s freelanced for British and international organisations, including Reuters, BBC and ITN. An avid reader since she was a child, Kathy grew up admiring the works of great storytellers and the imaginary worlds they created. But it was listening to the stories her dad would tell her as a child that prompted Kathy to make up stories for her own children. Born in London, Siski has lived in various countries and currently resides in Chile with her family of humans and dogs. Painting watercolours gives her the same joy as swimming, eating scones with jam or swinging in a hammock. She is largely self-taught, having taken a handful of watercolour and illustration courses over the years. More than anything, Siski loves children's books. She would eat them if she could. But they don’ t taste as good as scones.

Editorial Reviews

2023-05-18
Ella and Lola go to market together, but not everything goes as planned in Urban’s illustrated children’s book

Gray toy bunny Lola hasn’t learned her lesson since her last adventure with her special friend, human girl Ella, in Hop Lola Hop(2022). As this story starts, the two are on good terms as they embark on a series of tasty adventures, including eating ice cream, baking treats, and planning a picnic. They finally depart for the farmers market with Ella’s mom, where they encounter dozens of stalls that catch their eye. The girl and bunny wander off alone and find themselves in the part of the market that has soap, flowers, and produce, not all of which they need for their picnic. Illustrator Kalla zooms out on the rich, brightly colored location, showing just how big and disorienting it is. Like other illustrations, it celebrates the hustle and bustle of everyday life, but readers will be able to spot Ella’s mom looking around in worry. Lola’s having so much fun that she wanders away again, leaving Ella in distress: “It certainly wasn’t the first time for Lola to disappear,” writes Urban, “but that didn’t mean Ella would get used to losing her—not today—not EVER!” This story insightfully shows how Ella’s losing Lola overlaps with Ella’s mom’s losing her daughter; it will teach children about the importance of staying with your companions and how to solve a problem when it arises. It conveys this message in a cute, child-friendly way that will appeal to many preschoolers. The formatting gives the text extra verve as it rises and falls (“Hop! Hop! Hop!”) or becomes larger to emphasize particular words (“TOO LONG”). At the end of the story, Urban invites readers to make strawberry pancakes of their own, using a recipe at the back of the book.

A delightful, colorful book with a lesson about loss and responsibility.

Kirkus Reviews