- Olivia (fictional pig)
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This is a list of books in the OLIVIA series, written and illustrated by Ian Falconer.
Contents
Olivia -- a picture book's name and the character created by Ian Falconer
In the original OLIVIA series:
- Olivia, 2000 - winner of 2001 Caldecott Honor
- Olivia Saves the Circus, 2001–2002 Booksense Illustrated Children's Book of the Year
- Olivia's Opposites, 2002
- Olivia Counts, 2002
- Olivia...and the Missing Toy, 2003
- Teatro Olivia, 2004
- Olivia Forms a Band, 2006–2006 Child Magazine's Best Children's Book Award
- Dream Big (starring Olivia), 2006
- Olivia Helps with Christmas, 2007–2008 Falconer won the Illustrator of the Year in the Children's Choice Book Awards for this title
In the Television based series[1] (coming soon):
- Dinner with Olivia - storybook
- Olivia Trains her Cat - Ready-To-Read book
- Olivia Leaps - deluxe board book
- This is Olivia - pop-out pages book
- Olivia the Magnificent - Lift the Flap book
- Olivia Acts Out - Hardcover book
- Meet Olivia! - Coloring book
- Brava Olivia! - Coloring and sticker book
Awards
- Caldecott Honor for Olivia, 2000
- Parent's Choice 2000, Gold Award Winner
- Nick Jr. Best Book of 2001
- ALA Notable Children's Books 2000 & 2001
- Child's Best Book of 2001
- Los Angeles Times Best Books of 2000 & 2001
- Publishers Weekly, Best Books of 2000 & 2001
- BookSense Illustrated Children's Book of the Year for Olivia Saves the Circus, 2002
- Voted "Favorite Illustrator" for Olivia Helps with Christmas by over 50,000 children at the Children's Choice Book Awards, 2008
Facts about the Olivia books
- The OLIVIA book series was inspired by Ian Falconer's niece, Olivia. Falconer's life changed when he first laid eyes on his baby niece. "I was just entranced by her," he stated. "I wanted to make a little present for her, so I started working on the OLIVIA book."[2]
- OLIVIA is particularly unique in the world of children's picture books because of its stark minimalism. Inspired by the similar style of Dr. Seuss, Falconer chose to create uncluttered images in black and white with the occasional splash of red. Each book in the series explored the use of another signature color in addition to the original black, white and red images.
- The OLIVIA stories are equally minimal, describing the antics of a hyper-active piglet who tests her mother's patience by belting out songs, drawing on walls, dancing, and... well... acting like a kid.
- OLIVIA stories have been translated into many languages including French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Hebrew and Latin.
- In 2006, Olivia was one of eight characters to be featured by the United States Postal Service on first-class stamps as part of the "Favorite Children's Book Animals" issue.[3]
- Although the inspiration for the Olivia series originally came from the author's niece, Falconer drew his ideas for the design of the pig from a different Olivia; Olivia Babcock. When first asked about the source of this illustratory inspiration at the "Kidz book buzz"[4] Children's Book Tour in Wisconsin, Falconer was quoted as saying: "As all artists, I find it easier to create illustrations when I base them on my surrounding reality, rather than to draw something pulled fully out of the imagination. I revised the design for Olivia the Pig for several weeks until I incidentally met a girl on whom I could base the design with minimal alterations even necessary. The fact that her name was also Olivia was purely coincidental" Falconer laughed.[5]
- In 2008 Nickelodeon partnered with children's media company, Chorion, to bring the bestselling Simon & Schuster OLIVIA books to life in a new animated television series. The new 3D CGI series was produced by Academy Award nominated animation studio Brown Bag Films and launched on Nickelodeon on January 26, 2009.[6]
- In 2011, Polin8 Media partnered with children's media company, Chorion, to bring the bestselling OLIVIA to life in a new, fully interactive iPad application "Olivia Acts Out" available on the iTunes store.
See also
- Olivia (TV series)
- List of Olivia episodes
Notes
- ^ "Olivia TV Tie-in Books". http://series.simonandschuster.com/Olivia-TV-Tie-in.
- ^ "Ian Falconer Biography". http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Ian-Falconer/20564507.
- ^ "U.S. Postal Service Commemorates Favorite Children's Book Animals on Stamps". U.S. Postal Service. Retrieved on 2009-07-06. http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2006/sr06_002.htm.
- ^ http://kidzbookbuzz.com/
- ^ http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Ian-Falconer/20564507
- ^ "Nickelodeon Brings Children's Publishing Phenomenon OLIVIA to Life With TV Series". Reuters. Retrieved on 2009-07-06. 2009-01-06. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS189843+06-Jan-2009+PRN20090106.
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