Louise the Big Cheese is back, and she's charming as ever...but is she VIP?
"Dream big" is Louise the Big Cheese's motto. But try though she might, she's still feels like plain old Louise. Her new friend Claire E'Claire holds the promise of stardom with her VIP charm school...but is Claire all that she appears to be? Young readers will sympathize as Louise finds out it takes more than VIP charm to make a true friend.
"In her fourth outing, Louise, the small girl with ginormous aspirations, meets Claire Eclaire from Paris, who invites her to attend her charm school. But it turns out that Madame Claire is bossy, makes Louise wear a shower curtain, and is actually from Paris, Maine. Goode's comic book-style watercolors match the young diva's energy and ambition. Even readers who relate to Louise's high-flying fan
Publishers Weekly, December 19, 2011
"Louise, the little girl with big ideas about getting noticed, has a new route to prominence here. A new kid, Claire Eclaire, takes Louise under her wing and shows her how life is lived in Paris. She teaches her things like how they make beds in France and how to dress in a shower curtain. When it becomes clear that Claire is from Paris, Maine, Louise not only knows she's been duped but regrets he
