Central Kansas Library System

"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...

When Lola's favorite book is not on the library's shelf, her older brother, Charlie, tries to find another book she will enjoy.

A trip to the store with mom becomes a series of math problems for number whiz Charlie and his younger sister, Lola, whose numbers include "twenty-seventeen" and "a squillion.".

Lola and her older brother Charlie learn an important lesson about friendship.

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

"This book is about me Clarice Bean. It's a very funny book and all the pages have pictures, mostly of me. There are some annoying bits when my little brother barges in on pages 8 and 9 so you want to skip those"--p. 3 of cover

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.