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Olive and the Big Secret
by
Tor Freeman
Olive learns the hard way that keeping secrets is tough, and telling them can make for a whole lot of trouble!
When Molly shares a secret with Olive, the urge to tell is just too great! Olive tells Joe who tells Matt who tells Lola. But Lola is best friends with Molly. Uh-oh, the secret is out, and Olive is in for it!
When Molly shares a secret with Olive, the urge to tell is just too great! Olive tells Joe who tells Matt who tells Lola. But Lola is best friends with Molly. Uh-oh, the secret is out, and Olive is in for it!
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
August 14th 2012
by Templar
(first published March 1st 2012)
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Olive has a secret. She promised Molly she wouldn't tell anyone, but it's so hard to keep a secret. Before long she's shared the secret with just one friend, but then that friend tells one person, and so on and so on, until eventually someone tells Molly. Freeman shares this funny story of the consequences of a loose tongue, without actually telling us Molly's secret (though the endpapers give a pretty good idea). Her bright, mixed media illustrations capture all the drama of secret keeping. Oli...more
Oh, I might just have to give this to my sister who was always the biggest squealer in our family and sometimes still is.
The illustrations are vaguely Ren & Stimpyish (I said VAGUELY) so they sort of ick me out but at the same time, it's like Ren & Stimpy had babies with Richard Scarry's critters so all the little animals wear cute outfits to go with their strange faces.
Poor Olive. Secrets are hard to keep. I'm sad for Molly that Olive couldn't pull it off but let that be a lesson learne...more
The illustrations are vaguely Ren & Stimpyish (I said VAGUELY) so they sort of ick me out but at the same time, it's like Ren & Stimpy had babies with Richard Scarry's critters so all the little animals wear cute outfits to go with their strange faces.
Poor Olive. Secrets are hard to keep. I'm sad for Molly that Olive couldn't pull it off but let that be a lesson learne...more
All of us know someone like Olive--or maybe we ourselves are a bit like Olive. We try our best not to reveal someone's confidence, but we just can't do it. In Olive's case, when her friend Molly swears her to secrecy, Olive just tells one person, who just tells one person, who tells one person until the secret comes back around to Molly. Although the experience depicted in this picture book is quite common, the back page reveals just what the secret is about. The mixed media illustrations agains...more
Review for: Olive and the Big Secret
Reviewed by: Alycia & Erica McGee, posted by Jennifer McGee
When it comes to reviewing a book written for a child, I thought what better than going straight to the source? Even better, what if I have both of my kids review it. Oh, that child-like honesty that leaves you never knowing what answers you’ll get!
I sat down this evening and read the story to my daughters, and then took them one at a time into another room to tell me what they thought about it. I...more
Reviewed by: Alycia & Erica McGee, posted by Jennifer McGee
When it comes to reviewing a book written for a child, I thought what better than going straight to the source? Even better, what if I have both of my kids review it. Oh, that child-like honesty that leaves you never knowing what answers you’ll get!
I sat down this evening and read the story to my daughters, and then took them one at a time into another room to tell me what they thought about it. I...more
This is a cute book that teaches about how important it is to keep a secret. Olive is told a secret and struggles with keeping it to herself. I gave this book 5/5 stars. I think all children go through this stage where if someone tells them a secret they share it with everyone around them. This entertaining story shows how quickly a secret can be made into a subject to talk to others about.
Molly tells Olive her secret and tells her not to tell anyone, but we all know how that goes! This book shows just what happens when one person tells and then it grows into another person telling and yet another person. I liked how the author didn't tell us the secret, but the illustration leaves readers guessing or thinking they know what Molly's secret was.
I really liked the way this showed the effects of spreading a secret, but I did not like the ending when the author - after showing the lesson so clearly that you shouldn't tell other people's secrets - goes ahead and shows everyone what the secret was. Hmmm... I feel conflicted about the message this leaves little kids with.
Oh first love and secrets. Olive is told a secret and she says she won't tell, but it's so hard not to share! So she shares and then the secret gets told and so on and so on until it gets back to Molly who is very upset her secret is out. A great book to talk about secrets and friendship with sweet illustrations.
When Olive learns a secret she tries to keep it to herself but a secret is so juicy it practically begs to be shared! As often happens with secrets, it makes its rounds and eventually gets back to the person who the secret is about. Great read aloud with a funny ending that speaks right to the audience!
Have you ever had a secret that you just can't keep to yourself? Olive has a secret and she just wants to tell her friend, Jesse. She thought she'd tell Ziggy instead. Then she thought she shouldn't. It was passed on to Joe. Traveling through road to water to restaurant to playground where It came first circle back to,Olive. Just what is the red, hot secret that would make a certain someone blush?
This is a rather charming book about how hard it is for children to keep secrets, BUT BE CAREFUL: The teacher in whose room I was reading this pointed out to the children that NOT ALL SECRETS SHOULD BE KEPT. SOME SECRETS MUST BE TOLD TO MOMMY OR DADDY OR ANOTHER TRUSTED ADULT.
Molly has a secret, of course, if you share it with even one person you run the risk of it not being a secret anymore. This is a great story to explain what a secret is and how it is not ok to tell anyone. Olive finds out what happens when she shares Molly's secret with others.
Olive is told a secret by her friend Molly and promises not to tell. But secrets are hard to hold onto and before long, Olive tells a friend, who tells a friend, and so on. Cute illustrations add to this story about what happens when you "just told one person!" :)
Olive has trouble keeping a secret. When she breaks down and tells the secret to one friend, of course that friend tells another friend who tells another friend who tells another friend... A great book for reading aloud.
This is a simple to understand books about what happens when you tell a secret that was entrusted to you! It is an essential book for grades schools! This book could open up lots of discussion on trust and friendship.
Cute! I like the way words and illustrations move you across the page as the secret is passed. The text moves along smoothly and I love that the secret is hinted at and revealed in the endpapers.
This is an amazing picture book. The book sucks the reader in so much that the big secret is a big secret that the reader can't wait to discover. Uses inferences. Awesome pictures!
Good for kicking off a discussion about telling secrets and keeping secrets. End is amusing(Olive has a crush) but only if the child is about elementary school age and able to understand.
A nice story about what happens when you tell a secret. It shows how it passes from person to person and eventually gets back to the person who told it in the first place.
This is a cute book about trying to keep a secret. As we all know secrets are hard to keep & someone spills the beans. Read this to find out what the secret is.
Love the illustrations, and the concept of gossip is well shown. Wish I knew what the secret really was, though!
Great child point of view, like how the story progresses across the pages, illustrations are delightful.
It would be good for storytime and a great way to explain the concept of secrets or gossip.
Picture book about how difficult it can be to keep a secret from your friends on the playground.
Olive has a secret that she knows she shouldn't tell but it gets out and takes off.
This is a fun book. It also gives you the opportunity to talk about secrets.
Olive learns what happens when he tells one person a secret he vowed to keep!
Perfect picture book for little ones just learning about secrets.
(K-2) Cute story on the importance of trust and keeping secrets.
simple pictures. clear text. not too long.
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Tor Freeman has been writing and illustrating books for children for more than ten years. She lives in West London.
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Nov 06, 2012 08:31am