Shaw, Natalie
Olivia Dances for Joy Simon
Spotlight, 2012. $16.99 PICTURE BOOK Content: G
Olivia the pig wants to join a dance contest with her friends. In order to be in the contest there has
to be nine dancers, so Olivia goes around and recruits the mailman, a fireman
and her grandmother along with her other friends. They have a problem though because none of them dance
alike. After getting frustrated
that they couldn’t dance the same, Olivia’s grandmother reminds Olivia to let
everyone dance the way that gives them joy. The dance team goes to the competition and everyone has a
moment of spotlight and they win the competition.
I love Olivia books because of the good lessons Olivia
learns, my kids like Olivia too, but this story was not my favorite. I thought it was a good idea to have
the dancers recognize that they all danced different, but to have them win the
contest as a team seemed unbelievable and diminished the importance of them
dancing as individuals. Also, the
way this book was bound I don’t think it would hold up in a library with a lot
of use because the pages are heavier cardstock and they are glued together, so
they come apart easily.
PRE-K, EL
(K-3)-OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C.
Peterson.
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