4 books
Christine Beigel (born 1972) is a French children's author whose picture books use brisk rhythm, animal comedy and verbal play to make fears and social mishaps approachable. Lola's Super Club #1: My Dad Is a Super Secret Agent turns a child's view of family into an exaggerated adventure. Lola's Super Club #2: My Substitute Teacher Is a Witch keeps that playful uncertainty inside the classroom, where imagination changes ordinary authority. La grande roue works on a quieter scale, following observation and movement around a fairground image. The broader Lola's Super Club sequence is best read in order because its recurring voice and relationships carry the jokes between volumes. The first volume supplies the clearest introduction to Lola's perspective; the second suits readers ready to extend that world. La grande roue offers a separate, more compact route into Beigel's picture-book sensitivity without depending on the series.