Olivia . . . and the Missing Toy
by Ian Falconer
Book Summary Information
Author: Ian FalconerIllustrator: Ian Falconer
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-10
ISBN: 0689852916
Number of pages: 42
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Publisher: Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780689852916
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of Olivia . . . and the Missing Toy
Book Review: Olivia
Summary: 4 Stars
The pictures are just right for my 19 month old grandson, IAN. He loves Olivia and anything associated with her. The contents and pictures kept his attention all the way through. He enjoys this book and other Olivia books over and over again.
Summary of Olivia . . . and the Missing Toy
Funny, true and ingenious, Olivia's legions of fans will not be disappointed with this new story of the funky little pig and her fierce attachment to her favourite toy. Olivia has one toy that she loves more than anything - a stuffed animal that she feeds and dresses and takes everywhere. And when he disappears, Olivia is furious! She shouts at Ian and baby William, but they plead innocence. She screams, she cries, she stomps, but is left without her toy and heartbroken. Then, one dark and stormy night, Olivia hears a noise! Candelabra in hand, she bravely creeps into her bedroom to face a huge menacing shadow on the wall, a piece of her beloved toy in its jaws!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. The New Yorker cartoonist and Caldecott Honor artist Ian Falconer (Olivia, 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) --Karin Snelson
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