"But, sweetheart, one person can't be a whole band," said Olivia's mother."Why not?""Because the word 'band' means more than one person, and a band sounds like more than one person.""This morning you told me I sounded like five people."You can't argue with Olivia-logic. Another adorable pig-filled adventure as Olivia plays many instruments, tries on lipstick, watches fireworks, and dreams big dreams.  (view spoiler)[Oh, how I wish someone with Olivia's brains would be appointed to the Supreme Court! (hide spoiler)]

Olivia Forms a Band

That imaginative and willful little pig Olivia returns in this fourth picture-book chronicling her adventures, this time determined to create her own marching band, when her mother informs her that the fireworks they will be seeing that evening won't have musical accompaniment. When her family members don't prove as enthusiastic as she is at the idea of participating, our porcine heroine decides she will have to do it by herself. After all, as Olivia reminds her mother, she alone can sound like five people, so why not form a band...?  Like its predecessors,  Olivia Forms a Band  is a superb picture-book, one that pairs a pitch-perfect narrative about a feisty and creative young girl with lots of energy and not a lot of restraint, with absolutely hilarious illustrations that are as beautiful as they are entertaining. Ian Falconer is at the top of his form here, adeptly capturing the droll expressions on the faces of Olivia and her family in his charcoal and gouache artwork. A number of photographs - a rock band, a marching band, the Supreme Court! - are worked into the artwork, in the thought bubbles. Highly recommended to anyone who has read and enjoyed other stories about Olivia, as well as to anyone looking for stories about feisty young girls and their imaginary inner worlds.

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