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Falconer, Ian

Olivia Saves the Circus

40 pp. | Atheneum/Schwartz | October, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-689-82954-X $$16.00

(2) K-3 Hamming it up once again, Olivia regales her class with an account of what she did on vacation, when she went to the circus and all the performers were home sick: "...Then I was Olivia the Lion Tamer and Olivia the Tight-rope Walker and I walked on stilts...was Olivia the Clown...." Etc. This pig has panache to spare. While this second installment isn't as consistently witty as Olivia, it is better focused and relies less on the aren't-kids-cute attitude.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2001