Olivia - Ian Falconer

Olivia is such a cute book. I love the black and white drawings with the color red added to stress certain vocal point on the character. The story is about a very busy girl that wears her mother out because she is continuously doing something. Children will like the story because the character is a pig. They love stories that have animals as characters. Olivia reminds me of my daughter because she likes to try on different things, and she is dramatic. When she was 6 years old, she would put on at least three different outfits throughout the day because she liked to play dress up. The story also reminds me of some students that I have had in my classroom in the past. Some of them just simply wore me out! In a first grade classroom some students are very dramatic, busy, and they like to make messes just like Olivia. Children's literature can take you back to memories that exist about someone or something just by reading or listening to stories.