Ian Falconer, Author . Atheneum/Schwartz $16 (44p) ISBN 978-0-689-82954-3
Could there be a more ideal place for Olivia than in the center ring under the Big Top? It will come as no surprise to her many fans that this is how Olivia claims to have spent her summer vacation. Using the same day-in-the-life format as his show-s
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Ian Falconer, S&S/Atheneum, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-4169-9674-3
The irrepressible Olivia is back—this time on a trip to Venice that hits the tourist hotspots and allows Olivia to be her precocious porcine best. The plot is episodic, but Caldecott Honor artist Falconer’s inventive and droll artwork offers...
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Ian Falconer, Author, Ian Falconer, Illustrator . Atheneum/Schwartz $16.95 (42p) ISBN 978-0-689-85291-6
The porcine star who burst onto the children's books stage in black and white—plus her favorite color, red—is back! Here Falconer adds green to his palette and mystery to the plot for this third adventure featuring the incomparable
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Ian Falconer, Author, Ian Falconer, Illustrator . Atheneum/Schwartz $17.95 (50p) ISBN 978-1-4169-2454-8
After demonstrating that she could perform in not one but all
of the star attractions under the Big Top in Olivia Saves the Circus
, the hoofed heroine here proves that she can be a one-piglet band. When Olivia discovers that there will be no band...
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Ian Falconer, Author, Ian Falconer, Illustrator . S&S/Atheneum $18.99 (58p) ISBN 978-1-4169-0786-2
More a succession of family anecdotes-in-the-making than a plot-driven story, the holiday installment of a much-loved series finds the adroitly accessorized piglet and her family decking the halls of a house in the country on Christmas Eve. Olivia,...
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Ian Falconer, Author, Ian Falconer, Illustrator Atheneum ;Books for Young Readers $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-82953-6
Come one, come all for this extraordinary debut for both Falconer and his unforgettable porcine heroine. The author/artist begins this day-in-the-life tale with a kind of behind-the-scenes peek at Olivia. Articles from her wardrobe are strewn across
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Ian Falconer, Author, Ian Falconer, Illustrator Atheneum/Schwartz $6.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-689-85087-5
Children's NOTES Learn with Olivia What better way for toddlers to learn the basics than with two board books starring Ian Falconer's Olivia? Youngsters start with one ball at the beach (in the signature red-and-white stripes) and finish with ten
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Ian Falconer, Author, Ian Falconer, Illustrator Atheneum/Schwartz $6.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-689-85088-2
Children's NOTES Learn with Olivia What better way for toddlers to learn the basics than with two board books starring Ian Falconer's Olivia? Youngsters start with one ball at the beach (in the signature red-and-white stripes) and finish with ten
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Ian Falconer, Author, Ian Falconer, Illustrator Atheneum Books $33.95 (84p) ISBN 978-0-689-85389-0
The Olivia Boxed Set will have fans of Ian Falconer's perky piglet oinking for joy. The attractive black, white and salmon-pink slipcover holds Olivia-a 2001 Caldecott Honor book-and Olivia Saves the Circus plus a laminated poster of the red...
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Ian Falconer, Author, Ian Falconer, Illustrator Atheneum Books $7.99 (34p) ISBN 978-0-689-87472-7
Equal parts endearing and impetuous, Ian Falconer's acclaimed star, Olivia, appears in an unabridged board book version of the Caldecott Honor title. In our Best Books citation, PW wrote, ""With a masterful use of black line, a minimum of details, a
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Ian Falconer, Author, Ian Falconer, Illustrator Rizzoli International Publications $24.95 (10p) ISBN 978-0-689-87816-9
The feisty porker literally takes the stage in Teatro Olivia. Fans first spy her peeking out of the curtain on the sturdy cardboard cover, which opens to reveal an elegant 3-D stage that lowers like a drawbridge to accommodate enough scenery to...
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Ian Falconer. S&S/Atheneum, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4424-5027-1
Throughout the Olivia books, Falconer’s hammy piglet has played such roles as circus performer, experimental music dynamo, and fashionista. She opens this
delightful installment declaring, “I think I’m having an identity crisis.... I don’t know...
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Ian Falconer. Atheneum/Dlouhy, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4814-5795-8
Olivia is back after a five-year absence, and at first glance she seems as fierce as ever (“Mommy, I know how to use the blender,” she says, before wreaking blueberry smoothie havoc on the kitchen). But Olivia soon senses that in her mother’s eyes,...
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Ian Falconer. HarperCollins/di Capua, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-295447-3
In Falconer’s (Olivia) new picture book, Perry and Augie are matching dachshund housemates—lithe, hilarious, and terribly bored. Left alone inside all day, they squabble. Perry steals Augie’s ball (“The ball was very important to Augie”); Augie gets
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