Clio From France

"Bonjour! I am Clio from France!"

Personality

Clio is a charming and artistic young girl who lives in Paris, France. She loves shopping in the bustling city of Paris, buying hats, eating parfaits, buying pastries, or flowers for her mother. She especially loves to walk her pet poodle Pierre, despite how mischievous the dog can be. She loves surprises and can be quite adventurous when it comes to solving mysteries. She enjoys painting in french gardens, especially at the Louvre Museum by Claude Monet. She has also shown to be very persistent when she truly wants something. She is very proud of her country and culture, and even invites one of the GlobalFriends to come for Bastille Day, a national French celebration honoring their independence. Clio is one of the members of the GlobalFriends club. The club consists of girls all over the world who write letters or send emails to each other as pen pals. The Global Friends often help each other on their adventures as they solve mysteries and also learn from each other about different cultures and customs.

Description

Clio is shown to have reddish brown hair with light green eyes. She is often seen wearing a french beret on her head. Her doll's basic outfit is usually seen sporting a black turtle-neck shirt and red jacket. With it comes a striped skirt, floral stockings, and shoes that buckle.

Family and Friends

Mom: Only mentioned in the GlobalFriends magazine. Clio explains that she enjoys buying her mother flowers.

Monsieur Gotee: An elderly man who works at the Louvre Museum and is one of Clio's dearest friends.

Henri: A young friend of Clio's who helps her and Emily on their adventures in the French garden.

GlobalFriend Pen Pal: Emily (USA), Mei Ling (China)

Books

Discovery In A French Garden (1997)  While celebrating Bastille Day in Paris, Clio, Henri, and Emily enjoy all the festivities; military parades, dancing, including fireworks at the Eiffel Tower. They even get a chance to try out the ice creme parfaits! While enjoying the festivities they run into a friend of Clio's known as Monsieur Gotee who tells them about his newest discovery; evidence of a missing sketch painted bt the great French Impressionist artist, Claude Monet! All they need to do is find the pink rock it was painted on...unfortunately this rock has been lost in Monet's Giverny gardens for almost a hundred years! Nevertheless, the trio vow to find the missing sketch using determination, commitment, perseverance, and the help of their GlobalFriends to solve the mystery!

Clio is also one of the main characters in the story The Chinese New Year Dragon (1997)