title: The Taming of Lola: A  Shrew Story
author:  Ellen Weiss 
description: PreSchool-Grade 2&mdash;Described as "a picture book in five acts," this energetic tale centers on a young shrew famous for her temper tantrums. Her family has given up trying to reason with her and simply acquiesces to her demands. Then her equally belligerent cousin Lester comes to visit. After arguing each other into exhaustion, Lola suggests that they would both benefit from being conciliatory. And so they begin to share, and to form a lifelong friendship. In a framing story, an elderly Lola tells the tale to her granddaughter, showing that, though she may have been "tamed" by the experience, she has lost none of her prickliness. "Screaming is relaxing," she tells the young shrew in one inset. "You should try it sometime." Smath's busy watercolor cartoons teem with funny characters and expressions, and match Lola's big personality. The message is clear: although Lola learns how to compromise, she can still embrace her essential nature. Everyone knows a Lola.&mdash;<I>Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, MD</I> <BR>(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Playlist](part0003.html#2RHM0-598c6947bf974c09971b81023fa09299)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1\. [Lola](part0004.html#3Q280-598c6947bf974c09971b81023fa09299)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  2\. [Lola](part0005.html#4OIQ0-598c6947bf974c09971b81023fa09299)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  3\. [Lola](part0006.html#5N3C0-598c6947bf974c09971b81023fa09299)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  4\. [Hayden](part0007.html#6LJU0-598c6947bf974c09971b81023fa09299)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  5\. [Lola](part0008.html#7K4G0-598c6947bf974c09971b81023fa09299)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  6\. [Lola](part0009.html#8IL20-598c6947bf974c09971b81023