false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176949385m/668895.jpg 123860 6 Olivia, like many young pigs, experiences life very intensely. She is utterly obsessed with having her mother make her a red soccer shirt (even though the team color is green), until, of course, she discovers that her favorite toy, her very best toy, is missing, at which point she becomes utterly obsessed with finding it. She looks under the rug, the sofa, and the cat. She shouts accusingly at both her younger brother Ian and her baby brother William, who responds with an unsatisfactory "Wooshee gaga." That night (a dark and stormy one), she hears a horrible sound emanating from behind a closed door, and, in a dramatic scene illuminated by her flaming candelabra and showcased in a fold-out spread, she sees the family dog Perry chewing her favorite toy to bits. As devastating as this is to a passionate young pig, "even Olivia couldn't stay mad forever." She sews up her dismembered toy and falls asleep that very night cozied up with both it and the toy-wrecking Perry. <I>The New Yorker</I> cartoonist and Caldecott Honor artist Ian Falconer (<I>Olivia</I>, 2001) fills his pages with delightful visual stunts, such as the time-lapse drawings of Olivia waiting and waiting and waiting for her mom to sew her soccer shirt and the exaggeratedly scary shadow the toy-eating dog casts on the wall. Olivia fans will rejoice to see their favorite pig being her usual extreme self. (Ages 4 to 8) <I>--Karin Snelson</I> 654938 2003 Olivia and the Missing Toy total:662|5:310|4:215|3:100|2:26|1:7| 662 2789 742 53 3 1 false false Sat Feb 07 13:19:12 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 14:31:23 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 05 04:52:23 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 04:53:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon May 18 14:17:24 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 14:17:24 -0700 2009 too many
Although this is a beautifully illustrated book, making use of only red, green, and tones of grey, the subject matter is a spoilt child, depicted as a pig.

In this story, Olivia is shown by her parents how whining will get you whatever you want. The ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 21:51:22 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 21:54:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 14:30:49 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 14:53:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 19:34:02 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 19:52:22 -0700 2008
Review: Olivia is hilarious and supercute. She perfectly reflects the short attention span and impatience found often, but not exclusively, in preschoolers an...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 30 21:37:15 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 22:15:53 -0700 2008 not love Olivia? Falconer's irresistible heroine is back, searching 'on a dark and stormy night' for the fiend who snatched her best toy. Nothing can keep plucky Olivia down for long, and a needle and thread can solve anything. A captivating preschool storytime book."

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