Having just recently started reading picture books again (yay for a newborn expanding my horizons) I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Olivia is a spunky girl (pig), with a personality that stands out. Olivia wants to be unique and the story follows her mental journey through a day of deciding what she wanted to "be". As an adult reading a lot of infant board-books it was refreshing to read a story to my three month old that didn't rhyme and had 'big' words. Any children's book with the word corporate malfeasance is generally going to make me smile. As for my little listener she seems to enjoy the mostly black and white art work with splashes of red and pink. This is a book I don't mind reading to her again and I enjoyed the moral of the story; be yourself, be unique and dream big! If you haven't already tried an Olivia book for your young reader be sure to check them out. Olivia and the Fairy Princesses is a great way to start. Olivia is a pig who does not want to dress up like a princess. All of the other girls dress up like fairy princesses and Olivia wonders why she can't be different. She thinks there are too many pigs dressing up in pink fairy outfits. She decides it is time for a change and she chooses to be different.This is a great book to have in a classroom library. Olivia teaches us that it is ok to be different and to not follow the crowd. This would be a good read aloud so that students can realize that it is ok to be different.
I love every Olivia book published. Every little girl, even your internal one, will love this book!
—Jp96
I loved this book when I was little!
—Dopey
its really good
—Alma
Eh.
—Bren
