Lola is unsure about going to school for the first time. Like lots of children she is daunted by all the new things she will have to do, and all the things at home she will be leaving behind. I wanted to write a story that might help children and parents talk about all these anxieties that can be overwhelming to someone small and heartbreaking to hear about when you are big.

Children have to cope with new things all the time and they can be very inventive about how they manage difficult situations. I decided that Lola would manage her first day at school by taking along an invisible friend. He is there to give her courage and connect her to her life at home.

The idea came from my friend Sofie who had an imaginary friend called Søren Lorensen. I thought it would be nice to put him in this book because sometimes you wish you could have someone there with you all the time, and the very nice thing about imaginary friends is they will always do what you want to do, and they will always be there when you need them.