Olivia has one toy that she loves more than anything. She feeds him, dresses him and takes him everywhere. So when he disappears, Olivia is FURIOUS!

     She looks under the rug, under the sofa, under the cat. She shouts at Ian and baby William, she cries, she stomps...all to no avail. Then, one dark and stormy night, Olivia hears a noise...Clutching a candelabra, she creeps bravely into her bedroom, and sees a huge menacing shadow on the wall. Who is this monster, and what''s that hanging from his jaws?

     All is resolved peacefully in this entertaining story starring our favorite pig and her favorite toy.

Ian Falconer Ian Falconer is a painter and illustrator whose has illustrated the cover of The New Yorker magazine many times. He has also designed sets and costumes for the New York City Ballet, the San Francisco Opera, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, among others. "Olivia" is his first children's book, for which he won the 2001 Illustrator Award from the Book Sense Book of the Year Award Children's Prize. He won the same Award in 2002 for "Olivia Saves the Circus."