Charlie and Lola

Charlie has to get Lola ready for bed but Lola insists that she is not tired, and is too busy drinking strawberry "pink" milk with tigers, brushing her teeth with a lion, playing with a whale in the bath, and dancing with some disco dogs.

Charlie is trying to get Lola to hurry up or else theyll be late for school. But Lola finds it so hard to hurry when there is colouring, dancing clouds, playing hopscotch on musical pavements, and laughing with hysterical hedgehogs to distract her.

Charlie has to make lunch for Lola, but shes a very picky eater and refuses to eat carrots, peas, mashed potatoes, fish sticks and her least favourite food - tomatoes (although she has never tried these foods before). So Charlie tricks Lola into eating the foods she "hates" by changing their names.

Lola is ill in bed. Charlie has promised Marv that hell play soccer with him, but Lola begs him to stay and cheer her up.

Lola insists on doing everything on her own, even some things she is not really good at doing. Charlie tries to teach her that there is nothing wrong with occasionally accepting a little help.

Charlie and Lola are planning a picnic with Marv and Lotta. But will the event be ruined when the weather turns?

Charlie and Lola are going to visit their grandparents house by the sea for the weekend. Lola loves going to Granny and Grandpas but she is worried about remembering to pack everything. Then she is worried about missing her parents, and them missing her.

Its picture day at school and Lola must keep clean for a whole school day for her first school picture. But keeping clean for a whole day is really, really hard.

Lola wants to choose the best present in the world for Lottas birthday. She chooses a doctors kit, but doesnt think that Lotta will appreciate the kit as much as she would, and would rather like to keep it for herself.

Charlie and Marv are to appear in a musical assembly about outer space at school. Lola wants to join in and desperately wishes that she could play music too, but cant seem to master any instruments. Charlie comes up with some makeshift instruments that she might be able to manage. But on the day of the presentation, Marv is sick - who will take his place?

Lola wishes she was taller. Charlie tries to show her that being small can have its benefits by switching places with her.

Granny and Grandpa have bought Lola an alligator costume. Lola loves it and insists that she will never take it off. But with an upcoming school presentation about things she likes, Charlie is worried that his little sister will make a fool of herself.

Snow is forecast and Lola cant wait for it to arrive. When it finally comes, Charlie, Lola, Marv, Lotta and Sizzles all have a wonderful time playing in it. But when the snow melts, Lola is quite upset, and Charlie must try and explain that it would lose its appeal if it snowed all the time.

Lola has found a new game to play --- spying --- observing things and pretending to write them down. While Charlie plays soccer with Marv, she does some "spying" with her imaginary friend Soren Lorensen and learns someone is moving in next door. Soren Lorensen thinks that it might be an ogre, but Lola has a different idea after seeing a name on an envelope.

Charlie invites his friends and Lola to a monster-themed party for his birthday, but Lola doesnt like the theme. Taking her parents request to help out a little too far, she opens Charlies cards for him and does some unauthorized "pretty" redecorating. When she takes things too far by switching the music for the party games, Charlie finds hes had enough. But Lola finds her own special way to help.

Charlie has been making a collection of plastic dinosaur figures from cereal and Lola decides that she wants to start a collection too. However, she finds that its harder than it seems. Her idea of collecting water is dismissed as "boring," and she tries collecting leaves, but its nowhere near autumn. Nevertheless, she gathers a set of objects that dont seem to be a collection, but in fact have their own special way of going together.

Lola absolutely loves her shiny red shoes. But she cant find them and when she finally does, it turns out theyre too small for her. Lola absolutely does not want to give up her shiny, bouncy shoes, but she may not have a choice...

Charlie and Lola are planning to put on their very own circus show. Lola wants to do forward rolls for the show, but is having trouble doing them without Charlies help. They head to the park to practice their show and then Charlie plays some football with Marv. Lola hears Charlie crying and finds that hes hurt his arm. At first, shes upset when he cant do anything, but then she finds the perfect way to help him.

Charlie and Lola are excited about the prospect of a Chinese puppet show, but cant seem to stop squabbling with each other. They seem to fight about everything, getting into repetitive, pointless arguments. They eventually get placed in "simmer-down" chairs and are worried that theyll miss the puppet show. Together, they work on a constructive way to resolve their differences.

Lola is excited about the possiblity of caring after her classs pet guinea pig, Burt. Her classmates, however, seem to know more about guinea pigs than her, so she is delighted when she is, indeed, picked. Lola does her best to take care of Burt, learning many things she needs to know from Mrs. Hanson and learning others from her classmates. Lola sets up a guinea pig run for Burt, but then Burt escapes. Thats when Lola and Charlie discover a surprising fact about Burt.

When Lola loses her favorite stuffed toy, Foxy, she begins to worry that she will get lost too. She decides shes not going on the surprise school trip and manages to convince Lotta not to either. Charlie and Marv help the two out by telling them many different ways to get lost. Lola and Lotta begin to realize that if theyre prepared, they dont have to worry about being lost.

Lola and Charlie are going to the zoo. Lola has a known problem with saving things for later and manages to eat her lunch before lunchtime and use up for photos before she gets to photograph what she really wants. When Lola starts borrowing Charlies things, Charlie is patient. When Charlie is left without what he wants because of Lolas borrowing, Lola realizes that her not saving things is inconsiderate of others.

When Marv comes over to go on a trip with Charlie, he brings his little brother, Morten. Morten is about the same age as Lola and shes convinced he will want to play with her and become her new "friend down the stairs." Morten, however, seems to ignore all Lolas attempts to play with him and doesnt say a word. Lola begins to think Morten doesnt like her, but finds that sometimes it takes a while for some people to come out of their shell.

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When Lola sees the room of Marvs brother Marty, who never throws anything away, she resolves to get rid of all of her old stuff. Charlie encourages the project, but tells her that she should recycle it instead. Later, they receive a comic called Look After Your Planet that offers a prize of a tree to plant if youre able to collect enough stuff to recycle. Charlie and Lola do their best, but find that they need some help.

Lola refuses to have her eyes tested at the opticians. She has tested them herself, and they are really very clever. Until, that is, Mini Reader appears at school with the most beautiful pair of glasses Lola has ever seen. Now, Lola cant wait to have her eyes tested because she absolutely does need glasses.

Lola is going to Lottas house for her first ever sleepover, and it couldnt be more exciting. But, little by little, Lola realises everything is a bit different from her normal bedtime. Lotta brushes her teeth after bath time, not before! Even a midnight feast cant cheer her up. When its finally time to put the light out, Lola admits that she wants to go home.

Marvs Mum says that Sizzles really is a very naughty dog but Lola knows this isnt true. Sizzle just needs some practice! Charlie and Lola take Sizzles back to their flat and set about training him. Things arent going well, until they discover that Sizzles will do anything for a sausage!

Lola and Lotta have got a pretend shop that sells everything. Theyre having great fun until they accidentally sell Charlies swimming goggles to Morten, their only customer. Charlie wants his goggles back immediately, but Morten doesnt want to swap the goggles for anything.

When Charlie and Lola visit Granny and Grandpa they always build an extremely special sandcastle on the beach, and they always do it together. This time a little girl, and her whole family, is determined to join in and Lolas not too happy about it.

Lola thinks that shes good at listening. However, her not listening leads to problems at home and at school. When Arnold Wolf invites everybody to his house for a Batcat party, Lola doesnt listen to the instructions, and Charlie and Lola miss the party. Lola has to become a good listener.

Lola is sure that she is a good dancer. But some dancing is a bit too swirly, ballet is too floaty, while tap dancing is too shuffly and not tappy enough. Just when she thinks she will never ever be any good, Lola finds a way of combining all the different dances and coming up with one big special dance all of her own - Lola dancing.