Lola Dutch When I Grow Up (Lola Dutch Series #2)

by Kenneth Wright, Sarah Jane Wright (Illustrator)

Overview

Sarah Jane and Kenneth Wright are thrilled to continue this fun series about the unstoppable Lola Dutch, a larger-than-life character perfect for fans of Olivia and Fancy Nancy.

Lola Dutch is always bursting with grand plans—so of course she has many ideas for what she wants to be when she grows up!

She could be a magnificent performer . . .

or a daring inventor . . .

or a brilliant botanist . . .

there are exciting ideas all around! But Lola is too excited—she wants to try EVERYTHING. How will she ever decide what she is destined to become?

The curious and creative Lola Dutch is inspired to imagine every way to explore the wonder of her world. And she doesn’t have to wait until she grows up!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681195544
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	01/15/2019
Series:	Lola Dutch Series , #2
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 11.30(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Kenneth and Sarah Jane Wright live in Utah with their four uniquely intense children. In 2008 Sarah Jane opened a simple online shop that has since grown into a worldwide business with art prints, fabrics, wallpaper, puppets, and illustrated children's books. Kenneth is a full-time educator and history teacher. Together Kenneth and Sarah Jane share a ridiculous number of hobbies. On any given day at the Wright house you'll see treehouse building, pastry making, spontaneous musicals, and kids tucked into cozy nooks, reading stacks of books on EVERYTHING. They are thrilled to be writing picture books about Lola Dutch together.

www.sarahjanestudios.com www.loladutch.com

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Editorial Reviews

A joyous celebration of possibility with a heartening message about just enjoying the process as well.” —Booklist

“The pencil, gouache, and watercolor illustrations are airy and cheerful. . . . Breezily enthusiastic.” —Kirkus Reviews

“The illustrations in gouache and watercolor accentuate Lola's innovative talents.” —School Library Connection

“Outrageous, extraordinary, and over the top, Lola puts her whole heart into everything. . . . Radiant.” —Foreword Reviews on LOLA DUTCH

“The pencil-and-watercolor illustrations add an additional whimsical effect to an already imaginative story. . . . Young readers will love this innovative protagonist and her fanciful ideas.” —School Library Journal on LOLA DUTCH

“Sara Jane Wright's gouache and watercolor pictures bring a chic elegance to each page.” —Publishers Weekly on LOLA DUTCH

“The lighthearted, loose watercolor illustrations are a perfect match for Lola's whimsical personality and they echo the carefree fun of the text. . . . Reminiscent of Olivia and Fancy Nancy, Lola Dutch's active imagination will delight young readers searching for some creative fun.” —School Library Connection on LOLA DUTCH

From the Publisher

2018-09-30

A girl experiments with careers and loves them all.

In prior book Lola Dutch (2018), the narrative voice classified Lola's exuberant personality as "too much"; this time it's her career aspirations. Fortunately, after opening with the same chiding tone ("This is Lola. Lola Dutch. Lola Dutch wants to be too much"), the narration drops the judgment, and Lola goes to town, sampling careers to her heart's content. She's an opera singer! Inventor! Botanist! Each requires copious assistance—for example, "Gator built the set. Pig composed the orchestrations. Crane designed the costumes"—depicted in vignettes, after which readers see a full-bleed double-page spread of accomplishment: Lola onstage belting opera or Lola perching in an I'm-the-king-of-the-world pose in the nose of her old-fashioned, mildly steampunk flying ship. Other careers fly by more quickly in spot illustrations: astronaut, pastry chef, veterinarian, chemist. Visual references to Vermeer and Leonardo will tickle adults. Ever present is Lola's steady guardian, Bear, who's ungendered, wears a yellow bow tie, and seems to lack feet (to no mobility detriment). The pencil, gouache, and watercolor illustrations are airy and cheerful. Lola, a tall, skinny white girl, is supposedly facing a quandary here—what to be when she grows up—but her career explorations and boundless energy are exciting, not stressful.

Breezily enthusiastic. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews