Lola Dutch

Wonderful quality book with beautiful images and a lovely story. Nice big hardback format with a bonus puppet theatre and paper puppets play scene using the dust jacket.

Our favourite book, the most beautiful illustrations and the storyline and character of Lola is perfect for our high energy imaginative little girl!

Beautiful books for my granddaughters. They love them & have quilts to match. They did take an awfully long time to arrive. In fact I’d given up. Apart from the delay in arrival all good!

Lola Dutch is an absolute delight. I can’t tell you how much we’ve giggled with glee as we’ve read this book again and again over the past few days. The illustrations are so charming and we are a huge fan of Sarah Jane's work - we have several of her prints in our kids' rooms. But I think the most delightful part of the book for us has been the story by her husband, Kenneth Wright. Both of my kids love to create and draw and write and have huge imaginations, and I love that the main character Lola Dutch has a little group of animal friends that love her and support her creative endeavors in different ways - they jump in and start creating with her, and Bear is there offering quiet support. I had a really engaging discussion with my son yesterday (he's 11, and I didn't think he'd even care to read it, but he's read it as many times as my 7 year old daughter has) about how the sweet Bear is such a good, steady presence and loves Lola whatever she does - even if she makes a big mess creating her works of art. And then he compared the Bear to his dad and I and how we support him in what he tries to do. (which may have made me teary-eyed.) I love that he got it. That we make space for people to create and dream and be who they are, and we support each other with who we are. All that from a sweet little story about a girl with a fabulously big personality.

Lovely book! Great condition despite being a secondhand copy. It arrived quickly and was packaged well. The illustrations are wonderfully vibrant and give you insight into the whimsical daily adventures of Lola! She is full of ideas and love for life, filling her time before bedtime with many classic, creative, and fun activities that all children should get to experience.