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By (author) Ho-Yen Polly; Illustrated by Talib Binny

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Lula is a Dog Person and Lenka is a Cat Person; Lula is super messy and Lenka is totally tidy; Lula likes talking and Lenka likes watching – but together they make the perfect pair. Until The Day that Everything Goes Wrong and they are no longer friends. Despite feeling lonely, neither is prepared to listen or forgive. Will it be this way forever?

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Lula and Lenka are best friends and total opposites – Lula is a Dog Person and Lenka is a Cat Person; Lula is super messy and Lenka is neat and tidy; Lula likes talking to people and Lenka likes watching people – but together they make the perfect pair. Until The Day that Everything Goes Wrong . and suddenly the girls are no longer friends. What started as a day like any other ends with Lula and Lenka ignoring each other and sitting on opposite sides of the classroom. As the days go by Lula makes a new friend who talks almost as much as she does, while Lenka just plays on her own. In spite of feeling lonely, neither one is prepared to listen or forgive . or to say sorry. Will it be this way forever?A thoughtful story exploring friendship and the importance of listening and keeping an open mind.

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A really well written story with much to teach us … There are colour illustrations on every page, and the text is pitched at just the right level for children who are ready to start reading alone.

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Readers will surely pore over it again and again.

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A story about two girls who, despite their differences, are the best of friends. A lovely story about friendship.

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Polly Ho-Yen beautifully explores the complexity of friendships and learning that there are always two sides of a story. Accompanied with gorgeous illustrations that capture the ups and downs of friendships, this is a wonderful story that highlights the importance of empathy and the art of listening and understanding others and their differences

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This book is a really good choice for independent young readers… it is not too long and contains lovely full-colour illustrations.

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This is a lovely story that gently tells of a common difficulty of falling out with friends… it perfectly shows ways to overcome differences and demonstrates how important it is to try and see things from other people”s point of view.

Biographical note:
Polly studied English at Birmingham University. Her novels have been nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal twice, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children”s Book Prize. Polly lives with her husband in Bristol. Binny recently returned from living in Asia where she completed her children”s book, ORIGAMI HEART. Binny now works on Sydney harbour with other creative folks drinking copious amounts of dandelion tea, and getting inspiration from Jasper the smokey blue cat.

Promotional headline:
Lula is a Dog Person and Lenka is a Cat Person; Lula is super messy and Lenka is totally tidy; Lula likes talking and Lenka likes watching – but together they make the perfect pair. Until The Day that Everything Goes Wrong and they are no longer friends. Despite feeling lonely, neither is prepared to listen or forgive. Will it be this way forever?