Olivia and the Missing Toy
By Ian Falconer
Olivia is a little pig who lives with her mom, dad, and two little brothers. She has a favorite toy that she likes to play with, and one day it goes missing. She looks for it everywhere. That night, a dark and stormy night, Olivia hears an awful sound coming from behind a door in her house. She goes to find out what the noise is, and discovers her dog, chewing her toy to bits! She runs crying to her parents, who promise her a new toy, but Olivia decides to sew her toy back together. She does, and she even eventually forgives the dog.
Though this story is pretty simple, it’s a lot of fun. Without the illustrations and the spice of sarcastic humor the author sprinkles on, this book would not have caught my attention. However, he does such a nice job with those elements so as to make the book worthwhile. Not every author can take a missing toy and turn it into a pseudo-suspense story!
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