The text, the images, and the colors used. Olivia Saves the Circus is one of those picture books that I consider ‘minimalist’ in nature. Another day, another adventure for the lovable pig. Then the class ends and Olivia goes home. “But when we got there, all the circus people were out sick with ear infections.Īrmed with the magic of storytelling, Olivia tells the class how she became Olivia the Tattooed Lady, the Lion Tamer, the Tight-Rope Walker, and the Clown among others. “One day my mother took Ian and me to the circus,” she begins. When it is Olivia’s turn to share what she did on her vacation, she narrates how she saved the circus. Olivia Saves the Circus follows a short and simple storyline, which makes it a good book to share with preschoolers. She is to me the Stargirl of picture books. Unless I go to the bookstore and actively look for it, I probably wouldn’t have known about Olivia Saves the Circus had it not been for our bimonthly theme. Of the Olivia books that have been published, I’ve only read the first one – Olivia. Today I’m delighted to feature another Olivia book by Ian Falconer: Olivia Saves the Circus, winner of the 2002 Book Sense Children’s Illustrated Book of the Year. Last week in Quill Junior we shared a video review of Olivia Forms a Band by four-year-old Rio Aguirre. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant.” “I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. Poster courtesy of our treasured Iphigene Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC).Literary Voyage Around The World Reading Challenge 2018.#WomenReadWomen2019 (A Year Of Women Reading Women) Reading Progress.#ReadIntl2020 (Year Of International Literature) Reading Progress.#DecolonizeBookshelves2022 Reading Progress.#DecolonizeReading2023 Reading Progress.

Olivia saves the circus