Olivia is not your ordinary pig of children's literature. She dreams big and loves to wear red. Her mother tells her, "You know, you really wear me out. But I love you anyway," to which Olivia replies, "I love you anyway, too."Precocious and quite possibly a foreshadowing of what my own daughter will be like in a few years given her current 2-yr old personality. I would be afraid except Falconer has made Olivia see her world in such large terms, which I adore as a general world-view.
After her stellar introduction to the world, Olivia has gone on in other books to do many things:
Olivia Saves the Circus
Olivia Counts
Olivia and the Missing Toy
Olivia Forms a Band
Olivia Helps with Christmas
Olivia Goes to Venice
Olivia and the Fairy Princess
If you haven't introduced your children to Olivia, you should.
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