Everyone's favorite Caldecott honor-winning porcine and #1 Kris Cringle enthusiast is helping to make the season brighter than ever. Christmas is coming, and Olivia is incredibly busy. She has to wait for Santa, make sure dad sets up the tree, wait for Santa, watch mom make the Christmas dinner, wait for Santa, oversee the care with which the stockings are hung and, of course, ...(展开全部)

Have fun with Olivia... dressing up singing songs building sand castles napping (maybe) dancing painting on walls and -- whew! -- going to sleep at last.

伊恩·福尔克纳 为《纽约客》杂志画过无数的插画以及封面，他也曾替纽约市芭蕾舞团做过服装及舞台设计，做过旧金山歌剧院和英国皇家歌剧院的舞台设计。《奥莉薇》是伊恩的第一本童书，却一鸣惊人，该书不仅名列“出版人周刊”的年度畅销绘本第四名，至今仍居纽约时报的每周畅销绘本榜，这只可爱的小肥猪也为伊恩赢得2001年凯迪克银牌奖。

Have fun with Olivia... dressing up singing songs building sand castles napping (maybe) dancing painting on walls and -- whew! -- going to sleep at last.

The charming, energetic little pig, is back in a sequel to "Olivia". "What did you do over the holidays?" her teacher asks the class. And off goes Olivia into a fantasy world of lions, tigers, scooters and clowns as she recounts how she - and she alone - saved the circus!

Olivia remembers her trip to the circus very well. The performers were out sick, so she had to do everything. She... <ul type=circle> rode on a unicycle jumped on a trampoline juggled five balls! tamed lions and flew through the air. Step into the ring with Olivia, where the lights are dim, the color soft, and a little girl's imagination is the main attraction.

In this picture book starring the world’s most imaginative pig, Olivia embarks upon a quest for identity with very lofty goals—and being a princess is NOT one of them! Olivia is having an identity crisis! There are too many ruffly, sparkly princesses around these days, and Olivia has had quite enough. She needs to stand out! She has to be special! She wants to do more than jus...(展开全部)

伊恩福尔克纳（Ian Falconer）：他身兼舞台设计师和艺术家，虽然一开始并没有打算成为童书的作者，却有一个令人印象深刻的艺术背景。他相继在纽约大学、帕森设计学院和奥蒂斯艺术设计学院学习艺术与设计。他也曾经与知名的艺术家大卫霍克尼在纽约、洛杉矶、芝加哥和伦敦等地设计并展出系列的舞台作品和服装。此外，他还为《纽约客》(TheNew Yorker)画过无数的插图和封面。 然而，谁也没想到伊恩福尔克纳将自己的即兴随笔《奥莉薇》(Olivia)当做礼物送给小侄女，却成就了一系列受全球孩子追捧的图画书，并为他摘取了2001年美国凯迪克大奖以及系列的奖项和荣誉。在采访中，伊恩福尔克纳描述了当时仍是婴儿的侄女的眼睛(绝非偶然！侄女的名字就叫奥莉薇！)，他承认“我才刚为那双眼睛深深着迷，下一刻我就决定要做个礼物送给她，所以我开始着手绘制这本书。 柳漾，儿童文学工...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 On Christmas Eve, Scrooge sits in his house with not a kind word for anyone; he just wants to be left alone until the humbug of Christmas is over. But four ghostly visitorshis former business partner, followed by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Comeshow him the error of his ways, and by the time Christmas Day dawns, Scrooge is a cha...(展开全部)