Olivia . . . and the Missing Toy
by Ian Falconer
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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: Not good - plain and simple
Summary: 2 Stars
This book is all over the place and basically teaches children if they whine they will get whatever they want. (ie: Make me this shirt - and the mother does it immediately, my toy is broken - we'll buy you a new one, blah blah blah.) Olivia is a spoiled, pushy, liar.
I started out liking the Olivia series and now they are just off the shelves in our household. The illustrations are beautiful and I like the style - just hate the stories and the messages they promote.
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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