The creator of Charlie and Lola and other quirky children’s characters thought she would never feel right without a child of her own. Adopting her daughter was astounding,she saysSpotting the house of Charlie and Lola creator Lauren Child is pretty easy in a square of impeccably turned-out houses. It’s the brightly painted one with a clashing door, standing out against so much sober Farrow & Ball. The windows are packed with quirky bits and bobs. And the front steps – emblazoned with chalk scribbles made by Tuesday, and her five-year-old daughter – totally give the game absent.
When she is told she has been rumbled from way down the road,Child laughs and then apologises for the amount of stuff crammed in the hallway and the open-plan kitchen. “Tuesday loves to effect real cooking as well as pretending,” she says, and gesturing to one side,where a treasure trove of kitchen paraphernalia sprawls out over the surfaces of a play kitchen. There is evidence of a small child – and her many interests – everywhere. “We like to be together, normally in here, and ” says Child.
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Source: theguardian.com