Olivia would be Eloise, if Eloise were a pig. She is good at singing 40 very loud songs and is very good at wearing people out. And...
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Jul 25, 2008
Gregory
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As picture books go, you can't do much better than the thoroughly charming "Olivia". The young pig is sure to endear herself to you with her winning personality and excess of sass. I have given this book as a gift many times and it has always been a winner. I have recommended it to countless people in the bookstore I work at and it has never failed me. The other books in the series are, for the most part, equally delightful, but none of them quite match the spirit of the first one
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Feb 20, 2012
Brianne
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I really enjoyed Ian Falconer's illustrations in "Olivia". The illustrations are delivered in charcoal and gouache on paper. The cover of the book is simple with the title in bold lettering. Olivia, a little piglet is portrayed using white and gray media. Although most of the images are done in gray tones, the details are done in bright red so they really jump off the page. I enjoy how the illustrator chose red because it reveals Olivia's self esteem and her energetic personality. The
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Feb 16, 2012
Elena
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Olivia is a wonderful tale about a little piglet named Olivia. A narrator simply tells about Olivia’s life. He describes her likes, dislikes, and everyday activities. Olivia seems to have many talents and the narrator describes all of them. Olivia is wonderful at building sandcastles and recreates art she sees in the museum, even though her mother does not approve because it was on the wall. Olivia tends to do things that any child would, she complains at naptime, gets irritated at her lit
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Feb 15, 2012
Connie
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Feb 09, 2012
Samantha
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Olivia by in Falconer is a picture storybook that follows a little-girl pig named Olivia. It tells about Olivia's life such that she is good a lot of things, have a little brother named Ian, who she lives with, what she does after getting out of bed in the morning, where she goes during the day, and what she does at night. Basically, it follows a day in the life of Olivia.
Olivia is one of the best children's book that I have read. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The words are easy to read More...
Olivia is one of the best children's book that I have read. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The words are easy to read More...
Feb 09, 2012
Viri
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Olivia is a little pig who has so much energy that she does not want to take a nap nor go to sleep, and because she is always doing something every day, she gets her little brother and parents a little tired from doing many things. In the book, Olivia describes what she does on rainy days, or sunny ones, how she dresses up or how she plays, she also lets us know that she feels that she does not need to take a nap nor go to sleep without reading a couple of books.
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Feb 08, 2012
Heather
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What to say about Olivia... well, for starters, she is a pig with quite a large personality. This book is kind of like 'a day in the life of olivia." It starts out by saying that she is good at lots of things, for example, she is good at wearing people out, even herself. The illustrations depict a little white pig doing about 20 different things, and then finally laying on the ground motionless. we are introduced to her family, which consists of her mother father, brother, god and cat. as
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Feb 07, 2012
Kristy
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I love reading Olivia not only for the illustrations but also the story line. Olivia is simple yet it has a charm to it and captures humor that draws the reader in of all ages. Olivia is a little girl pig that is never sleepy and gets into paint, tries on every outfit in her closet, wants to read multiple books and is always moving about the house. Olivia wears out her brother and mom but she never seems to wear herself out because she is just not sleepy. The illustrations in Olivia are black an
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Sep 14, 2011
This book is about a young girl named Olivia. She is good at a lot of things and never gets tired. She is always wearing people out. She enjoys things such as dressing up, singing songs, building sand castles, dancing, painting on walls and much much more. She has a little brother named Ian would sometimes will just not leave her alone. She was a dog and cat and she lives with her mom, dad, and brother. Throughout the story, Olivia does many different activities that she loves to do. Finally at
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Feb 06, 2011
Ronyell
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When I heard about the popularity of “Olivia,” I wanted to give this book a shot and I am glad I did! “Olivia” is a Caldecott Honor Book by Ian Falconer which is about the adventures of an energetic girl piglet named Olivia who does all kinds of activities that tires her family out! “Olivia” is the perfect story for children who love trying out new things everyday!
Olivia is good at many things such as wearing people out and dressing herself up in different types of clothes. Olivia More...
Olivia is good at many things such as wearing people out and dressing herself up in different types of clothes. Olivia More...
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Jan 15, 2011
AnnieL.
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Oliviaby Ian Falconer is a picture book about a pig who acts much like many three to six year olds do. Olivia loves bossing her little brother around, playing dress-up, and going to the museum. One of the only things Olivia hates to do is napping. Olivia is required to take a nap everyday, but she is always to energetic.
Olivia is also imaginative and pictures herself as the star ballerina in the famous painting "Ballet Rehearsal On the Set" by Edgar Degas at the museum. She also f More...
Olivia is also imaginative and pictures herself as the star ballerina in the famous painting "Ballet Rehearsal On the Set" by Edgar Degas at the museum. She also f More...
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Feb 25, 2010
Olivia, a high-spirited and rambunctious pig, enjoys everything she does. She loves to do many things and always does them to the extreme. Her enthusiasm and mischievous nature spreads to her family whom love her exactly the way she is. The striking black and white pictures with a few dashes of bright red complement the storyline.
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This book is a great one for writing prompts, such as: a day in your life, things you like to do/are good at, relationships with sib More...
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This book is a great one for writing prompts, such as: a day in your life, things you like to do/are good at, relationships with sib More...
Jan 20, 2010
Teeny
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Summary: Olivia is children’s picture book that received a 2001 Caldecott honor. It is a book about a young female pig that acts as any young child would. She keeps herself busy with all the good things she can do such as singing, painting, and most of all wearing others along with herself out on a daily basis. Throughout the book, the reader experiences her journeys being in a family, at the beach, at a museum, and so much more. It is easy for the reader to adore Olivia’s charming and humorous
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Oct 17, 2011
Israel
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(picture story book)This book is simply adorable! The illustrations and text in this book are simple and cute! But this book definitely deserved the Caldecott Award that it won.The simple cute illustrations is what made this book stnad out from other children's picture book. Although simple the pictures were simple they had a sense of uniqueness to them that stood out in comparison to other books. Young children could relate to Olivia in many ways. Especially those who are adventurous, have a yo
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Jun 02, 2010
this book is about a pig that is in love with color red.Olivia is a pig that can wear a sister out. she has a dog named perry and a cat named Edwin.in the morning she gets ready for the day and move the cat about a couple of times.after that she tries on 100 outfits until she get the write on for the day . so when its sunny she put on her bikini and heads for the beach. she makes some sand castles and soaks up most of the sun. so she goes home and really doesnt want to take a nap when her mom t
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Feb 05, 2010
Erin
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This book is intended for children ages 4-8. It received a Caldecott Honor Award in 2001.
In Olivia, Falconer illustrates the story of Olivia, the free-spirited, attention-seeking, independent pig, a character who is inspired by his niece. The text is very believable considering the playful and yet extremely particular behaviors that can juxtapose one another in the personalities of young children. Additionally, the text captures precociousness that characterizes Olivia as a chil More...
In Olivia, Falconer illustrates the story of Olivia, the free-spirited, attention-seeking, independent pig, a character who is inspired by his niece. The text is very believable considering the playful and yet extremely particular behaviors that can juxtapose one another in the personalities of young children. Additionally, the text captures precociousness that characterizes Olivia as a chil More...
Oct 30, 2011
shranicky
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This picture storybook by Ian Falconer is a Caldecott Honors book. It is just adorable! Ian Falconer begins the book by saying, “This is Olivia. She is good at lots of things”. And that she is. She’s good at wearing people out, scaring her little brother (who loves to copy her), building sand castles, getting dressed, painting, and many other things, besides napping. I love this book because it is something that every child can relate to. Whether that is having an annoying younger sibling, or no
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Jun 16, 2010
Jill
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– Olivia
• The overriding theme of the book is that children have boundless energy, great imaginations and even though they wear you out we love them for who they are.
• The accent color of red draws your eye to that object and enhances the mood such as the desire for the younger brother to copy Olivia by putting on lipstick; or Olivia trying on all of her clothes and how she feels in each outfit.
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• The overriding theme of the book is that children have boundless energy, great imaginations and even though they wear you out we love them for who they are.
• The accent color of red draws your eye to that object and enhances the mood such as the desire for the younger brother to copy Olivia by putting on lipstick; or Olivia trying on all of her clothes and how she feels in each outfit.
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Sep 09, 2009
Chandra
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The more I read this, the more I love it. Olivia is a precocious little piglet with tons of energy. The illustrations are ridiculously cute, expressive and funny. We always have to pause at each page to giggle and talk about the pictures. In my opinion, this belongs in every child's picture book collection. (2001 Caldecott Honor)
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Oct 20, 2011
Rachel
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Picture Storybook: Olivia, by Ian Falconer is about a young pig, named Olivia. This hilarious and captivating book goes through typical activities in Olivia's life, such as going waking up, getting dressed, playing and spending time with her mother. Olivia is bursting with energy and gets into all kinds of mischief, such as painting on the wall in her home. Falconer mentions repeatedly mentions that Olivia is very good at "wearing people out," which is evident in every page! The illus
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Oct 06, 2011
Allison
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Kids' books are a balancing act, especially when your audience is one very demanding toddler. He loves some absolutely inane books, like Fox in Socks (the scourge of my existence), while other books I love he is less than thrilled to read. Case in point, Olivia. It took us a year to interest him in this book, and what finally did it was the Olivia and the Missing Toy book we checked out of the library, which he loved. We own this book, the original Olivia book, and for some reason he just ne
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Feb 20, 2012
Tara
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I found the picturebook Olivia to be one of my more interesting choices in self-selected readings. The entire book uses a color schema of black, white, and bold splashes of red. The endpages are plain white with red articles of clothing along the bottom. They are a good hint to the story, as they feature some of the clothing that Olivia uses in her one day adventure. The medium is charcoal based and a very interesting texture is created from the variations of shading. Some of the pages feature
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Nov 01, 2011
Becca
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I fell in love with this expressive little pig when the book first came out. This week I did a unit on the differences between fiction and non-fiction books, pairing this with the book "Pigs" by Peter Brady, reading both titles to the younger grades. After reading "Olivia to 4th-6th grades, students did a scavenger hunt to find either fiction books with a pig as a main character, or a non-fiction book about pigs. I noticed some used the regular online catalog, and some used Des
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Feb 28, 2011
Zackery
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Olivia written and illustrated by Ian Falconer is a ratehr plain and simple book just as the cover suggests. The one word title page contains only a medium sized pencil drawing of a pig that is shaded and only has three colors, red, black , and white. The rest of the book is much like the title page. The only colors are reds, a little black, amd once there is pink. Most of the pages are full bleed white containing small sketches with the text printed into the white above or below the image and t
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Jan 30, 2010
Ch_beth
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I love this book! Author and illustrator Ian Falconer introduces readers to little Olivia an enchanting pig who is a typical 4 or 5 year old. She finds fun in everything and speaks her mind. I love the way Falconer uses subtle language in the text but yet creates an amusing story about the day in the life with Olivia. His black and white with accents of red illustrations add to the story and speak for themselves. Young children can see themselves in Olivia whether it’s dressing up, being annoyed
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Oct 14, 2011
Du
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Olivia es un cuento para niños (dos cuentos rigurosamente) hermosamente ilustrado, bellamente encuadernado.
Es la tierna historia de una niña que parece incansable, es cotidiana, es sencillamente para leer y para verse en un espejo. Llena de vida, de locuacidad y de ocurrencias.
En una forma muy simple es explicar cómo es un niño (una niña) pequeña, cómo es su relación con el mundo alrededor y las ganas de vivir que exhuda. De disfrutar el mundo.
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Es la tierna historia de una niña que parece incansable, es cotidiana, es sencillamente para leer y para verse en un espejo. Llena de vida, de locuacidad y de ocurrencias.
En una forma muy simple es explicar cómo es un niño (una niña) pequeña, cómo es su relación con el mundo alrededor y las ganas de vivir que exhuda. De disfrutar el mundo.
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Mar 16, 2008
Faith-Anne
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What little girl couldn't identify with Olivia? As an adult I really enjoy the touch of class Olivia has...A Pollock painting & a book of Maria Callas especially stand out!
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