Charlie and Lola - Wikipedia Charlie and Lola Charlie and Lola are fictional children created by the English writer and illustrator Lauren Child in 2000. They were introduced in a series of picture books and later adapted as animated television characters. Lola is an energetic, imaginative little girl ; Charlie is her patient and kind big brother who is always willing to help Lola learn and grow. The first book, I Will Never NOT EVER Eat a Tomato ( US title, later printing with Greenaway Medal seal, 2000 ) The first `` Charlie and Lola '' book was I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato, published by Orchard Books in 2000. The U.S. edition was published in the same year by Candlewick Press, with the title : I Will Never NOT EVER Eat a Tomato. Charlie and Lola 's parents, as well as their friends ' parents, are often mentioned, but never seen. For that first book in the series, Child won the 2000 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year 's best children 's book illustration by a British subject. For the 50th anniversary of the Medal ( 1955 -- 2005 ) it was named one of the top ten winning works, selected by a 2007 panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all - time favourite. Contents 1 Publications 2 Characters of Charlie and Lola 2.1 Charlie Sonnor 2.2 Lola Sonnor 2.3 Marv Lowe 2.4 Lotta Zehybe 2.5 t 2.6 Minor or background characters 2.7 Other background characters 2.7. 1 Pets 2.7. 2 Other 2.7. 3 Toys 3 In other media 3.1 Television series 3.2 Theatre 3.3 The Charlie and Lola Album 3.3. 1 Track listing 3.3. 2 Music credits 3.3. 3 Additional musicians 3.4 Voices 3.5 Animation of promos 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Publications Original `` Charlie and Lola '' books by Lauren Child I Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato ( Orchard Books, 2000 ) ; US title, I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato ( Candlewick Press, 2000 ) I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed ( 2001 ) I Am Too Absolutely Small for School ( 2003 ) Slightly Invisible ( 2010 ) Spin - off books based on the television series I 've Won, No I 've Won, No I 've Won Snow Is My Favourite and My Best ( US title : `` Snow Is My Favorite and My Best '' ) But Excuse Me That Is My Book ( TV episode title : But That Is My Book ) We Honestly Can Look After Your Dog ( TV episode title : We Do Promise Honestly We Can Look After Your Dog ) My Wobbly Tooth Must Not Ever Never Fall Out ( TV episode title : I Do Not Ever Never Want My Wobbly Tooth To Fall Out ) Say Cheese ! I 'm Really Ever So Not Well Whoops ! But It Was n't Me ! ( TV episode title : It Was n't Me ! ) This Is Actually My Party I Can Do Anything That 's Everything All on My Own You Can Be My Friend I Am Going to Save a Panda You Wo n't Like This Present As Much As I Do ! But I Do Know All About Chocolate ( special edition for Comic Relief ) My School Play Sticker Book ( Based upon the episode There Is Only One Sun and That Is Me ! ) My Haircut Sticker Book ( Based upon the episode I Like My Hair Completely the Way It Is ) My Very Busy Sticker Book ( Based upon the episode I 'm Far Too Extremely Busy ) My Picnic Sticker Book ( Based upon the episode The Most Wonderfullest Picnic in the Whole Wide World ) Various colouring books and a magazine are also available in the UK. The `` Charlie and Lola '' books have been translated into Welsh under the name Cai a Lois and into many other languages. Characters of Charlie and Lola Charlie sonnor Charlie is the imaginative and helpful brother of Lola and is a hero. He is seven years old and has the same hair color as Lola. Charlie is often asked to look after Lola, and he sometimes has to think of creative ways to keep her busy. In the TV series, he breaks the fourth wall by talking about Lola to the viewers, and also narrates the episodes. Lola sonnor Lola is an imaginative, quirky 5 - year - old girl. Lola is Charlie 's little sister ; and is best friends with Lotta. She likes playing and is full of character. She normally wears blue butterfly hair clips. She has black eyes and short blonde hair and is a drama queen. Marv lowe Marv ( In the TV Series, Charlie calls him ' Marv ' for short ) is Charlie 's best friend and his sidekick. He has a younger brother named Morten and an older brother named Marty. Marv also has a sausage dog named Sizzles and a pet mouse named Squeak. He is the same age as Charlie. He resides at the third level in his flat like Charlie who resides on the third level too. Lotta Zehybe Lotta is Lola 's best friend. She has black curly hair or puffy pigtails and she is the same age as Lola. Soren Lorensen Soren Lorensen is Lola 's imaginary friend and is always rendered as monochrome and translucent. When Lola and Soren Lorensen are playing, Soren Lorensen is rather detailed and has the look of a real person only grey and translucent. When someone interrupts them ( such as Charlie ), Soren Lorensen still has detail and he becomes more Unknown. Minor or background characters Big hero : He is Marv 's older brother. He does not throw anything away. Marty can not seem to like people in his room. His voice is heard in Look After Your Planet. He exclaims `` Get out of my room, now ! '' and `` Who 's been in my room ? '' he decided to team up with the others when something bad happened. Hero Reader : She is a classmate and friends with the girls including Lola and Lotta and is very clever. She likes tap dancing, beads, ponies, patterns, coloring and knows a lot about guinea pigs and has one named Fluffy. She is serious and does n't smile as much as the rest of the characters. She has short brown hair with two green hair circles in it. She is usually seen with a bluish - green dress sweater dress, orange and pink socks and black shoes but, sometimes she is seen with a brown coat and the same shoes. She has appeared on several episodes like `` Look After Your Planet '', `` How Many More Minutes Are There Until Christmas '' etc. She said she was going to be the `` Wicked Witch of the West '' in `` What Can I Wear For Halloween '' but she went as a girly rabbit instead of a witch. She had purple - rimmed - glasses with orange flowers on it on `` I Really Absolutely Must Have Glasses '' Sometimes she is seen with Evie. Sometimes not. Small hero : He is Marv 's younger brother, he is quite shy and quiet. Sometimes he is not. The amazing Arnold Wolf : He is Lola 's neighbour. Arnold is only featured in some episodes, and in one he did not stop being friends with Lola, after sharing his ice cream with Lola when she drops hers, but then Arnold and Lola are able to build their hero friendship when he let her and Charlie use his paddling pool. His hero chant is tra la laaaaaaa ! Granny and Grandpa heroes : Charlie and Lola 's grandparents. Granny paints for a hobby, while it appears that Grandpa is good with horses. Like Charlie and Lola 's parents and other character 's parents, they are referred to and are shown. Before you can say come sidekick they will be leaping out of prison. Evie : A ruddy girl in Lola and Lotta 's school who became a superhero in `` hero Friend '' with red hair which she wears in pigtails. She also wears a skirt, a long sleeve shirt and striped leggings. Jack : Marv 's cousin who Lola and Lotta did not think he was Marv 's new best friend in the episode, `` But Marv is Absolutely Charlie 's Best Friend '' Macy Zehybe : Lotta 's older cousin and a hero. Katsuki : A Japanese girl who has the same hair clips just like Lola, a cardigan and a skirt with two long ponytails and a japense hero Other background characters Pets Sizzles - Marv 's dog. Sizzles is a dachshund ( weiner dog ). Lumpy - Charlie and Lola 's short - lived mouse. Snotty - Marv 's white mouse. He can jump from one leg to another. Buddy - Charlie and Lola 's guinea pig. Despite the name, Buddy is a girl, because at first, Charlie and Lola thought Buddy was a boy, until she had a litter of baby guinea pigs. Cheeseball - Charlie and Lola 's second mouse. He can easily tickle anyone, hence the name. Casper - Charlie & Lola 's Grandparent 's cat who loves Charlie more than Lola. Stinky - That 's Nibbles ' mouse sister. Other Bat Cat - A character from one of Charlie and Lola 's favourite comics. He is grey / black upright cat that goes about doing heroic deeds, usually for other cats. A pun on the superhero Batman. And can defeat the dog. Pirate Squidbones - Another of Charlie and Marv 's favourite comics and cartoons, Pirate Squidbones tells of the adventures of a notorious one - eyed pirate and his motley crew and has a villain to beat known as the kraken Toys Foxie - Lola 's stuffed fox, it is her favourite. In a longing search for her dear lost toy, she later comes to find out that she left it under her pillow in the episode `` But Where Completely Are We ''. Ellie - Lola 's elephant, Ellie is a China elephant with nice pink flowery designs all about it. Frog - Lola 's springy frog that she keeps on her bed stand so much of the time. Apparently, this is also Soren Lorenson 's favourite toy ; he plays with when Lola 's not around. The Rocket - A class project of Charlie 's making, the rocket is a toy space rocket that won Charlie a First Place prize in school ; he beat Marv and that boy Harvy. Unfortunately, Lola in her curiosity had a bit of a mishap with it and broke the rocket some. But Charlie, notwithstanding he was really cross, was able to mend it like new. Hyaenas - A pair of unkind hyaenas that were caught making fun of Ellie 's nose once. Daisy - Lola 's rag doll, she is a blonde doll wearing a pink dress and a bow to match in its hair. She has blue buttons for eyes. Molly the Rabbit - An anthropomorphic female stuffed rabbit who 's all pink with a red bow on its head. She is one of Lola 's stuffed animals. Mr. Teddy - Charlie 's former teddy bear when he was the same age as Lola, he is yellow with green buttons for eyes and a blue bow tie. He 's now of Lola 's. In other media Television series Main article : Charlie and Lola ( TV series ) The books have been adapted by Tiger Aspect into a cartoon series, using a collage style of animation which accurately captures the style of the original books. Directed by Kitty Taylor and Claudia Lloyd. 2D cel animation, paper cutout, fabric design, real textures, photomontage, and archive footage are all employed and subsequently animated in a software application called CelAction. The cartoons are also notable for their use of children 's voices, rather than adult voice actors, a technique pioneered by the Peanuts television specials. The first series of 26 episodes ( 11 minutes each ) was first broadcast on 7 November 2005... The second series of 26 episodes ( again, 11 minutes each ) started broadcasting on CBeebies on 2 October 2006 ( with the morning broadcast also being shown on BBC Two ) a third series followed. In the television series, Charlie is seven and Lola is four, and goes to school ( her teacher is called Mrs. Hansen ). In episodes of both the first and second series, Charlie celebrates his birthday ( in `` It 's a Secret... '' and `` This Is Actually My Party '' ), although this does n't seem to affect his age in other episodes. The third series, a final 26 - episode run, was broadcast in the UK and the US in the 2007 - 2008 television season. With two special episodes broadcast in 2006 and 2007, a total of 80 episodes were produced. Theatre Charlie and Lola 's Best Bestest Play was first performed at Polka Theatre on 26 April 2008 and has subsequently been performed at the venue again in 2010 and 2012. It will be staged for the first time at Glow, the events and exhibition space at Bluewater in Kent, by Watershed Productions over the Christmas period of 2013. Charlie and Lola 's Best Bestest Play is based on the characters created by Lauren Child and adapted by Jonathan Lloyd, Artistic Director of Polka Theatre. The Charlie and Lola album Charlie and Lola 's Favourite and Best Music Record was released on 19 March 2007, aimed at parents as well as children. The music is largely a development of existing interstitial and theme music taken from series 1 and 2. There are elements of easy listening, lounge, big band jazz, reggae, bluegrass, eastern European, sci - fi, Latin, classical and film music. There are 17 tracks plus one hidden track, with the programme 's theme tune opening and closing the album. Each track includes spoken word extracts from the series. In many cases, these are manipulated to fit with the musical accompaniment. `` The Bestest in the Barn '' was released as a single on 12 March 2007. It features Lola and Lotta teaching various animals on their farm how to sing, dance and play music. This is the only track on the album which does not appear in any episode. Lola and Lotta do however appear as farmers in `` I Do Not Ever Never Want My Wobbly Tooth To Fall Out ''. They also have a tendency to imagine that animals are capable of developing impressive human skills, as seen in `` We Do Promise Honestly We Can Look After Your Dog '' and `` I Will Not Ever Never Forget You Nibbles ''. `` The Bestest in the Barn '' now features on a playlist of CBeebies programme music played throughout CBeebies Land at the Alton Towers Resort. The album is a collaboration between various composers and musicians who write and perform for the TV series. Much of the music is programmed but many tracks feature performances by musicians from London - based bands -- Menlo Park, Polar Bear and Acoustic Ladyland. Four of the tracks have been animated by Tiger Aspect Productions : `` The Bestest in the Barn '', `` Sizzles '', `` Batcat '' and `` It 's Snowing ''. `` The Bestest in the Barn '' video is encoded as an mpeg on the album CD, and all four videos are included as DVD extras on the series 2 DVD collection. Track listing `` Charlie and Lola Theme Tune '' `` I Really Want To Play Music '' `` The Bestest in the Barn '' `` Boo ! '' `` Sizzles '' `` I Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato '' `` Milk Monkeys '' `` Germs '' `` Magic '' `` Bat Cat '' `` Lolaland '' `` Greendrops '' `` I Am Not Sleepy '' `` Martian Attack '' `` All Sleepy '' `` Can You Maybe Turn The Light on ? '' `` Charlie and Lola Theme Tune '' ( Extended Version ) ``... It 's Snowing '' ( secret track ) Music credits Theme Tune written by Tom Dyson and Soren Munk Production & Arrangement with John Greswell All other tracks written by John Greswell and produced by Greswell / Taylor for MPM London Ltd. Except : 3 written by John Greswell, Christopher Taylor, Benjamin Nicholls 6, 12 written by John Greswell, Christopher Taylor 7 written by Tom Dyson, Soren Munk 16 written and produced by David Schweitzer Additional musicians Andy Mellon -- Trumpet / Flugel horn / Piano / Vocals / Clarinet Benjamin Nicholls -- Guitars / Banjo / Jews harp / Double bass / Bass guitar Pete Wareham -- Tenor saxophone / Trumpet Sebastian Rochford - Drums / Percussion Joe Bentley -- Trombone Demon Music Group Ltd. BBC Worldwide Ltd. All tracks published by Tiger Aspect / BMG Music Publishing Sleeve Package design by David Mackintosh Voices Charlie -- Jethro Lundie - Brown, Daniel Mayers ( series 2 ), Oriel Agranoff ( series 3 ) Lola -- Maisie Cowell, Clementine Cowell ( series 2 ), Holly Callaway ( series 3 ) Marv -- Ryan Harris Lotta -- Morgan Gayle Soren Lorenson -- Stanley Street Animation of promos `` The Bestest in the Barn '', `` Dancing Dogs '', `` Batcat '' and `` It 's Snowing '' promos animated by Tiger Aspect Productions. Tom Beattie, Betti Doherty, Alistair Douglas, Catherine T. Elliot, Tim Fehrenbach, Claudia Lloyd, James O'Shea, Caroline Parkinson, Mark Patterson, Steve Perkins, Kitty Taylor, Clare Winkworth, Andrew Zein. See also Children 's literature portal Animation portal Television portal References Jump up ^ ( Greenaway Winner 2000 ). Living Archive : Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2 July 2012. Jump up ^ `` 70 Years Celebration : Anniversary Top Tens ''. The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children 's Book Awards. CILIP. Retrieved 2 July 2012. ^ Jump up to : ( 1 ) Jump up ^ Tiger Aspect Productions Archived 7 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ BBC - Press Office - Charlie and Lola press pack introduction Jump up ^ http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/Charlie-and-Lola-tickets/artist/1409577 External links Official website Lauren Child official website Works by or about Charlie in libraries ( WorldCat catalog ) Works by or about Lola in libraries ( WorldCat catalog ) Charlie and Lola on IMDb Charlie and Lola at TV.com CBeebies - Charlie and Lola at bbc.co.uk Charlie and Lola theme tune Charlie and Lola on Playhouse Disney LCCN : sh2008004792 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlie_and_Lola&oldid=815579376 '' Categories : Charlie and Lola Child characters in literature Literary duos Television series about siblings British children 's picture books Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Use dmy dates from July 2013 Use British English from February 2013 Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Nederlands Português Edit links This page was last edited on 15 December 2017, at 18 : 24. 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Question: lola's best friend in charlie and lola
Answer: Lotta