Olivia

Description

Olivia is an absolute delight! A gorgeous little pig who likes to dress-up, sing songs, dance, think, snooze (sometimes) and is even quite good at building sandcastles. Her days are filled with the wonderful minutia that makes up a small child's life and, at the end of them, when she snuggles up in bed and her mother reads her a story (or three) Olivia the little pig, feels very full of love. Olivia is an absolute gem of a book - a modern classic.

Ian Woodward Falconer is an author and illustrator of children's books, and a designer of sets and costumes for the theater. He has created 30 covers for The New Yorker as well as other publications.

Dame Joan Sutherland Every granny will recognize and "love" Olivia and her theatrical desires! David Hockney Olivia's grasp of abstract composition is extraordinary for a six-year-old. Gloria Steinem At last, a pig with self-esteem! Hilary Knight Eloise has met her match! We love Olivia! Mikhail Baryshnikov Many dream of dancing on the stage, but Olivia has the legs for it. "Eloisa aemulam invenit! Oliviam amamus!" -- Hilary Knight "Multi somniant de saltatione in scaena, sed Olivia saltatricis crura habet." -- Mikhail Baryshnikov "Olivia compositionem abstractam intellegit multo melius quam puella sex annorum." -- David Hockney "Omnis avia Oliviam et eius cupiditates theatrales cognoscet amabitque." -- Dame Joan Sutherland "Plane perfectissimus..." -- "Christian Science Monitor" "Tandem, porcina quae se iactet." -- Gloria Steinem "Veni, tu! Venite, vos omnes! Ad editionem extraordinariam Falconis de heroina porcina non obliviscenda." -- "Publishers Weekly" "Eloisa aemulam invenit! Oliviam amamus!" -- Hilary Knight "Plane perfectissimus..." -- "Christian Science Monitor" "Tandem, porcina quae se iactet." -- Gloria Steinem