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Title: Olivia by Ian Falconer ISBN: 0-689-82953-1 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.74 (99 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Love at First Sight
Comment: I love Ian Falconer's New Yorker covers, and now I love Olivia too. I only discovered Olivia just this afternoon while I was browsing at the local bookstore. Olivia reminds one of Elopise, but at the same time, it's nice to see her with parents and siblings. I was enchanted by this book, I laughed out loud, and darn it all... if I had only had a few bucks more, I would have bought it. The prose is simple, but sharp and direct, and the artwork is hysterical (especially when Olivia's brother is shown copying everything she does.)
Even more fun is Olivia's appreciation for art and the like. Imagine a little kid wanting a Callas picture book read to them. It's touches like this that make Olivia the clear winner as one of the best picture books to emerge this past year. I am hoping Falconer will write a few more books about this precious piglet. In the meantime, be proud to buy a copy of this book for yourself, even if you don't have any kids. It will definitely be the literary high point of your week.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Quintessential Children's Book!
Comment: FIVE STARS! Ian Falconer comes up with a children's book that no matter how many times I read through it, it is incredibly pleasing. The storyline about an imaginative young girl named Olivia is simple and captivating. Whether looking at art, building sand castles, or dealing with her copycat brother, Olivia is charming. The humor in Falconer's work is contagious with its harmonious blend of illustration and text. The illustrations are done in a "limited" palette of black white and red with an occasional brown thrown in. Please do not make the mistake of thinking that this book may be handicapped because of its limited palette. It merely serves to increase the reader's delight in Olivia and her world. Olivia is one of the finest reading encounters that I have run across in my life. Olivia is quite simply... perfect.
Crazy James
Rating: 1
Summary: You Must be Kidding, This book is Horrible
Comment: I agree with one of the other reviewers who said that it's for the hip mommies and daddies, I don't agree that this book is wonderful however. This book is written more to impress the adults reading the book than it is written for the child listening. The illustrations do look like they belong in the New Yorker, and the last time I looked that magazine was not for children. There are alot of wonderful , beautifully illustated books out there for children , spend your money on them and let the adults read Olivia.
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Title: Olivia Saves the Circus by Ian Falconer ISBN: 068982954X Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Olivia . . . and the Missing Toy by Ian Falconer ISBN: 0689852916 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Olivia Counts by Ian Falconer ISBN: 0689850875 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Olivia's Opposites by Ian Falconer ISBN: 0689850883 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title:10" Olivia the Pig ASIN: B00005BW8E Publisher: Gund Pub. Date: 18 February, 2003 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $19.99 |
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