About The Book

This lavishly illustrated board book makes the perfect stocking stuffer!

Everyone’s favorite Caldecott Honor–winning pig and number-one Santa Claus enthusiast, Olivia, helps to make the season brighter than ever in this lovingly told and lavishly illustrated picture book.

Christmas is coming, and Olivia is incredibly busy. She has to wait for Santa Claus, make sure dad sets up the tree, wait for Santa, watch mom make the Christmas dinner, wait for Santa, oversee the care with which the stockings are hung and, of course, OPEN HER PRESENTS! Do you see how hard it is to be so helpful during the holidays?

About The Author

Photo Credit:

Ian Woodward Falconer (1959–2023) was an author and illustrator of children’s books, including the beloved Olivia series, and a designer of sets and costumes for the theater. He created thirty covers for The New Yorker as well as other publications.

About The Illustrator

Photo Credit:

Ian Woodward Falconer (1959–2023) was an author and illustrator of children’s books, including the beloved Olivia series, and a designer of sets and costumes for the theater. He created thirty covers for The New Yorker as well as other publications.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (October 1, 2013)
  • Length: 40 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781442494466
  • Grades: P - 2
  • Ages: 3 - 7

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Awards and Honors

  • Bank Street Best Books of the Year

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