Charlie & Lola Books in Order

Charlie & Lola by Lauren Child contains 70 books, published between 2000 and 2018. The first book is I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (2000) and the newest is A Dog with Nice Ears: Featuring Charlie and Lola (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
70
Published
2000–2018
Pages on record
726 in 29 of 70 books

Charlie and Lola are a brother and sister, and Lauren Child has made 70 catalogued books around them. I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (2000) is the first. Later titles include I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed (2001), I Am Too Absolutely Small for School (2003), But Excuse Me That Is My Book (2005) and We Honestly Can Look After Your Dog (2005). Picture books, sticker books and school stories all sit in the run, which closes at A Dog with Nice Ears (2018).

Source: composed

How many Charlie & Lola books are there?

Charlie & Lola has 70 books, released between 2000 and 2018.

Charlie & Lola Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 70 Charlie & Lola books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.

  1. 1
    I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato2000 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200032
  2. 2
    My Very Busy Sticker Book2000 · 16 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200016
  3. 3
    Charlie and Lola's Actions2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
  4. 4
    I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed2001 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200132
  5. 5
    I Am Too Absolutely Small for School2003 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200332
  6. 6
    We Honestly Can Look After Your Dog2005 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200532
  7. 7
    But Excuse Me That Is My Book2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
  8. 82005–
  9. 9
    My School Play Sticker Stories2006 · 16 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200616
  10. 10200624
  11. 11200624
  12. 122006–
  13. 13
    Snow Is My Favorite and My Best2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
  14. 14
    Whoops! But It Wasn't Me2006 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200632
  15. 15
    Boo! Made You Jump!2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
  16. 16
    Charlie and Lola's Opposites2007 · 12 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200712
  17. 17
    My Completely Best And Very Busy Book2007 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200764
  18. 182007–
  19. 19
    My Picnic Sticker Stories2007 · 16 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200716
  20. 20
    I'm Really Ever So Not Well2007 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200732
  21. 21
    Sizzles Is Completely Not Here2007 · 10 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200710
  22. 222007–
  23. 23
    Charlie and Lola's Colours2007 · 12 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200712
  24. 24
    Charlie And Lola's Animals2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
  25. 25
    Say Cheese!2007 · 34 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200734
  26. 26
    This Is Actually My Party2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
  27. 272007–
  28. 28
    You Can Be My Friend2007 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200724
  29. 29
    Look After Your Planet2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
  30. 30
    Charlie And Lola's Things2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–

Is there a chronological order for Charlie & Lola?

No separate chronological order is on record for Charlie & Lola, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Charlie & Lola books in order?

You should read the Charlie & Lola books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Charlie & Lola book also stands alone.

Where to start with Charlie & Lola

Start with I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Charlie & Lola book?

A Dog with Nice Ears: Featuring Charlie and Lola (2018) is the newest Charlie & Lola book released so far.

Is there a new Charlie & Lola book coming?

No next Charlie & Lola book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Charlie & Lola at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Charlie & Lola title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Charlie & Lola books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
726 pages across the 29 of 70 books with a recorded length, a median of 24 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Charlie & Lola books, 55 of 70, were published in the 2000s.

When Charlie & Lola books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Charlie & Lola titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 55 titles.

2000s
55
2010s
15

70 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Charlie & Lola books are about

53 of the 70 Charlie & Lola books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: brothers and sisters is tagged on 39 of 53. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Other series by Lauren Child

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.