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Olivia and Grandma's Visit
In the bestselling tradition of reality star Lauren Conrad’s L.A. Candy, America’s favorite guidette and star of MTV’s Jersey Shore delivers a fun, flirty novel with heart about a single girl lookin’ for love.
Fun, outgoing, cuddly, and loud, this pint-sized party girl with sky-high hair and a spray tan has emerged as the breakout star of the wildly successful MTV hit Jersey Shore . Publicly known by her nickname Snooki, she’s been parodied on Saturday Night Live, appeared on almost every major talk show, featured in The New York Times, mentioned by President Obama in one of his speeches, and has hundreds of thousands of Twitter followers. Now the pickle-loving, undeniably appealing pop-culture phenomenon has penned a novel featuring a young, single, beach-loving gal renting a house on the boardwalk on the Jersey shore with her best friend. Our heroine spends her days working at the local tanning salon, giving customers fake tans, and her nights on the boardwalk, desperately seeking her juiced-up soulmate.Chock full of frenemies, betraying guidos, club-hopping escapades, and starring a fun-loving Jersey girl looking for love, A Shore Thing is an entertaining and juicy read—just in time for Valentine’s Day!
24 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2013
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December 1, 2017
sweet story of how Olivia has to give up her room for her Grandma to stay over. But she doesn't want to but doesn't want to let her grandma know she didn't want to sleep in her brothers room. A sweet relationship story between Olivia and her grandma
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September 12, 2023Olivia the pig is a lovable character and in this book, she is preparing her home for grandma’s visit - including sharing her bedroom with grandma.
September 25, 2015
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With Grandparents’ Day falling as it does in September, I suppose it ought to be unsurprising to have two grandparents’ visit-themed books in this roundup, but I admit myself surprised. This one is an older book that I stumbled across only because a grandparent whose grandchild loves Olivia asked about it. This time Grandma is coming to visit Olivia, and Olivia is being told that she must give up her room and share her brother’s for Grandma’s comfort. Olivia is not pleased. She doesn’t want to sleep in her brother’s room. It smells funny, and she thought that she’d get to share with Grandma. She tries several times to get back into her own room, and her insightful Grandma detects her desire and hesitation and invites Olivia back into the bedroom herself, favoring Olivia with an ice cream sundae. Olivia then learns that Mom is always right when she is chased out of her room and into her brother’s by Grandma’s snores. This plot packs in a lot of life lessons: about sharing, about family, about obedience, about trust, about cultivating a positive outlook. Something about it left a niggling doubt in my mind. Maybe I felt that Olivia was somehow rewarded for her attempts to wheedle her way back into her room when Grandma treats her to an ice cream and some special attention. Maybe I felt like not enough time was spent on how she ought to treat her brother or not enough was said about how she was treating her brother poorly. This book is based off of the Olivia TV series, which is an offspring of the original book series by Ian Falconer. I wonder how the plot plays out in a 15-minute episode instead of as a picture book, if these things that bothered me would be dealt with or be dealt with differently so that they bother me less.
With Grandparents’ Day falling as it does in September, I suppose it ought to be unsurprising to have two grandparents’ visit-themed books in this roundup, but I admit myself surprised. This one is an older book that I stumbled across only because a grandparent whose grandchild loves Olivia asked about it. This time Grandma is coming to visit Olivia, and Olivia is being told that she must give up her room and share her brother’s for Grandma’s comfort. Olivia is not pleased. She doesn’t want to sleep in her brother’s room. It smells funny, and she thought that she’d get to share with Grandma. She tries several times to get back into her own room, and her insightful Grandma detects her desire and hesitation and invites Olivia back into the bedroom herself, favoring Olivia with an ice cream sundae. Olivia then learns that Mom is always right when she is chased out of her room and into her brother’s by Grandma’s snores. This plot packs in a lot of life lessons: about sharing, about family, about obedience, about trust, about cultivating a positive outlook. Something about it left a niggling doubt in my mind. Maybe I felt that Olivia was somehow rewarded for her attempts to wheedle her way back into her room when Grandma treats her to an ice cream and some special attention. Maybe I felt like not enough time was spent on how she ought to treat her brother or not enough was said about how she was treating her brother poorly. This book is based off of the Olivia TV series, which is an offspring of the original book series by Ian Falconer. I wonder how the plot plays out in a 15-minute episode instead of as a picture book, if these things that bothered me would be dealt with or be dealt with differently so that they bother me less.
April 29, 2015
Evans, Cordelia Olivia and Grandma’s Visit. Illustrated by Shane L. Johnson. PICTURE BOOK. Simon Spotlight, 2013. $3.99.
Although Olivia is excited about Grandma coming to stay for a visit, she is NOT excited about losing her bedroom and having to bunk with her brother Ian. Olivia tries desperately to figure out a way to sleep in her own room with Grandma instead or sleeping with her brother. All her efforts pay off! With a surprising and humorous twist, Olivia second-guesses her decision to bunk with Grandma. Olivia is one of our favorite characters!
The story has great illustrations and is humorous throughout the book. This is a great “feel good” bedtime story. This is the perfect book for all little ones who adore their grandparents- Grandmas in particular.
Pre-K. EL (K-3). ADVISABLE. Reviewer: SL.
Although Olivia is excited about Grandma coming to stay for a visit, she is NOT excited about losing her bedroom and having to bunk with her brother Ian. Olivia tries desperately to figure out a way to sleep in her own room with Grandma instead or sleeping with her brother. All her efforts pay off! With a surprising and humorous twist, Olivia second-guesses her decision to bunk with Grandma. Olivia is one of our favorite characters!
The story has great illustrations and is humorous throughout the book. This is a great “feel good” bedtime story. This is the perfect book for all little ones who adore their grandparents- Grandmas in particular.
Pre-K. EL (K-3). ADVISABLE. Reviewer: SL.
September 1, 2016
My daughter enjoyed this book because she said it is just like the Olivia on TV.
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