Our favourite pig is making a long awaited comeback to bookshelves later this year. It has been three years long years since Ian Falconer gave us the last Olivia book.
The new book is Olivia Goes to Venice…

Olivia said to her mother with an edge of hysteria in her voice, “Oh please – OH, PLEASE MOTHER – can’t we live in a palazzo on the Grand Canal?”

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Ian Falconer has also illustrated an adult David Sedaris book that is also due later in 2010. The book is called Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary and this is from the books description – In “The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck,” three strangers commiserate about animal bureaucracy while waiting in a complaint line. In “Hello Kitty,” a cynical feline struggles to sit through his prison-mandated AA meetings. In “The Squirrel and the Chipmunk,” a pair of star-crossed lovers is separated by prejudiced family members.
Thanks to Sara O’Leary for the prompt to write this post.
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