<p> <strong>Praise for <em>Scram</em>:</strong> </p> <p>‘Clarice Bean is one of the most distinctive comic voices of children’s literature’ <em>Sunday Times, Book of the Week, Best Books of the Year</em></p> <p>‘Superbly illustrated, slyly funny’ <em>Guardian</em></p> <p>‘Lauren Child knows what goes through a child's mind, and how to transfer those thoughts to the page … See for yourself by reading this entertaining tale’ <em>Herald</em></p> <p>‘A new Clarice Bean novel is always an event and Lauren Child’s <em>Clarice Bean: Scram! </em>brings us more of her distinctive voice and elegant quirky illustrations to delight in’ <em>The Times, Best Books for Summer</em></p> <p>Praise for the CLARICE BEAN series:</p> <p>‘Witty and charming. We can’t get enough Clarice Bean’ <em>Sunday Times</em></p> <p>‘Oodles of comic charm’ <em>Evening Standard</em></p> <p>‘Funny, contemporary and perceptive’ <em>Mail on Sunday</em></p> <p>‘Clarice Bean fans will be delighted by her new adventures’ <em>Guardian</em></p> <p>‘Hugely enjoyable and touching’ <em>Scotsman</em></p> <p>‘Utterly fantastic’ <em>Sunday Times</em></p> <p>‘<em>Smile </em>is a story that readers between seven and eleven years old will no doubt find moving, about how real life can get on top of us all – a story where, in the end, it feels as if the kids are going to be alright.' <em>TLS</em></p>