Frank Carlson Library

When Lola is worried about starting school, her older brother Charlie reassures her.

"Chirton Krauss is a good child--the very goodest. He does everything he is told, when he is told. He even does good things without being told. He eats his broccoli, he goes to bed on time, and he never, ever sticks his finger up his nose. Meanwhile, Chirton's sister, Myrtle, is not quite as good. She stays up late, she never cleans out the rabbit's pen, and she drops her cocoa puffs all over the rug. But what will happen when Chirton Krauss decides...

A fussy eater decides to sample the carrots after her brother convinces her that they are really orange twiglets from Jupiter.

Lola brings the class guinea pig home for school vacation and when he escapes Charlie tries to help her find him before anything happens to him and before Lola has to go back to school.

Lola is going to her first sleepover at Lotta's house, but she is scared that she will not be able to fall asleep there.

Lola wants to win every game against her older brother Charlie, even if it means making up creative shortcuts.

Lola is convinced that she is finally tall enough to ride the "Super Dooper Loop the Looper" at the fair, but her older brother Charlie gently tells her that she is still too short, but that there are many good things about being small.

Lola is determined to help her brother have an extremely happy birthday, but her idea of birthday fun and decorations does not fit well with Charlie's monster-themed party.

Big brother Charlie tells Lola that she will never be able to scare him, until something finally proves him wrong.