ISBN: 9781846168857
Publisher: Orchard Books
Paperback
First published: 2003
275 x 250mm/32pp
ISBN: 9781408351550
Publisher: Orchard Books
Board book
First published: 2017
180 x 165mm/32pp
I Am Too Absolutely Small for School
My friend Sofie has an older brother called Søren. When she was little she would follow him around and would always want to do what Søren was doing.
Sometimes he didn’t want to do things with Sofie, sometimes he would tell her to leave him alone. So she made up an invisible friend – someone who was always nice to her and always wanted to play with her – he was called Søren Lorensen. I thought it would be nice to put him in this book because it is about Lola starting school and starting anything new can be quite nerve-racking.
Sometimes you wish you could have someone there with you all the time. 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.
‘Lauren Child has put imagination and fun back into the real worlds of childhood’
– Julia Eccleshare, Guardian