* Waterstones Children's Laureate Lauren Child is an international bestseller, with lifetime sales worth over £16.5 million / 3 million units sold in the UK alone (TCM 15/12/2020) * The CLARICE BEAN books have received huge critical acclaim since they debuted in 1999, selling over 6 million copies worldwide as well as winning some of children's books' highest accolades * Lauren's delightful line drawings and collage illustrations, are recoginsable the world over and have never been more glorious than in this hardback Christmas giftbook. * Lauren has won multiple awards, including the acclaimed Kate Greenaway Medal , the Red House Children;s Book Award, and she is a three-time winner of the Smarties Prize * Lauren's hugely popular characters Charlie and Lola also appear in their own CBeebies BAFTA-winning television animation. * Lauren was named UNESCO's Artist for Peace in 2008 and awarded an MBE for her services to literature in 2010. * Lauren is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and a Trustee of the House of Illustration. She was named Waterstones Children's Laureate in 2017.