“I am La La Rose, the pink stuffed rabbit. I am the inseparable friend of Clementine.” Unfortunately for La La Rose, they aren’t as inseparable as she thought. On a trip to Luxembourg Gardens with Clementine, she has a joyous time on the playground and the carousel, but when the bells ring and Grandma rushes Clementine away, nobody notices that La La has fallen out of the little girl’s backpack. La La has a harrowing time—tossed by a group of boys, tumbling down steps, thrown like a Frisbee, almost drowning in the pond—before she is finally found by a different little girl, who realizes the perfect place for La La is the lost-and-found. There, an anxious-looking Clementine is happily reunited with her wayward friend in Satomi Ichikawa’s charming story set in Paris. (Ages 3–7)

La La Rose is a pink rabbit. She and her little girl, Clementine, are absolutely inseparable. Until, one day in Luxembourg Gardens, the unthinkable happens: La La Rose gets left behind. Boys toss her in the trashcan, a jogger runs with her, a dog drags her from the fountain...La La Rose keeps getting farther and farther from her Clementine! Will she ever be safe in her arms again?

In this touching story, Satomi Ichikawa seamlessly captures both the beauty of Luxembourg Gardens in Paris and the very special love between a child and her favorite doll.