Pistes d'exploration

What was the problem with Olivia painting on the wall to express herself? Was her punishment appropriate?

Using a graphic organizer, decide how you are like Olivia and how you are different.

Draw and write about Olivia's likes and dislikes, her personality, her dreams, etc.

Talk about Olivia’s daily activities. List them on an anchor chart, then use the chart to describe your own everyday schedule.

Discuss the paintings by Degas and Pollock. What do you notice and how does the art make you feel?

Using a Venn diagram, decide how you are like Olivia and how you are different.

Take photos of yourself doing your daily activities (like Olivia) and compile them into a mini-book or e-book. Practise naming the activities.

Augustine

Mots-clés

Humour , Picture book , art , everyday life , families , imagination , pigs

Commentaire descriptif

Meet Olivia, a young pig with a big personality and a vivid imagination. This first book of a series serves as an introduction to this sweet preschool-aged pig. Readers will learn about her busy daily routine: “In the morning, after she gets up, and moves the cat, and brushes her teeth, and combs her ears, and moves the cat, Olivia gets dressed.” Fans will enjoy meeting her loving family: “Last summer, when Olivia was little, her mother showed her how to make sand castles.” Each page has one or two simple sentences, which take on additional, often humorous, meaning through the predominantly brown and white drawings. For a day on the beach, where Olivia “feels it’s important to come prepared,” we see her bundled up, top to toe, with goggles, ear plugs, flippers and a puffy pair of water wings. A dash or two of red on each page – a toothbrush, a swimsuit, some spaghetti sauce – reflect her lively, bright spirit. Children may recognize themselves in Olivia. She dances when she should be napping, makes big messes and loves to sing at the top of her voice. When it is finally bedtime, readers may imagine her mother sighing as she says, “You know, you really wear me out,” adding, most importantly, “But I love you anyway.”