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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This pop-up book is fun for children because it's fun to look at and easy to read!  mercedesromero | Apr 6, 2009 |  Genre: Fantasy Age Appropriateness: Primary/ Intermediate Review: This book is a good example of fantasy because the story includes talking and flying reindeer and dogs. The story is believable but would not occur in reality. In this story a dog, Olive, believes he is a reindeer and travels to the North Pole to fly with Santa on Christmas Eve. He ends up saving Christmas because he can perform things reindeer cannot, such as fetching falling flutes. Media: This book is a good example of mixed media because the pages contain various art mediums. All the elements compliment each other and create a great illustration on each page. (  ) awidmer06 | Jan 5, 2009 | This is a story about a dog that hears the song Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer the wrong way. Instead of hearing “all of the other reindeer”, she hears “Olive the other reindeer” and sets out on a quest to the North Pole to help Santa deliver the presents. She ends up saving the presents for Santa and instead of Rudolph finding their way home; she is the one that smells their way home. I feel that the author did a good job of showing another view of the classic song/story. This book also shows that no matter what your size, that if you believe in yourself that you can do anything. After reading this book in a group circle, I would have the children write a short story about themselves being the main character in a book. I would then have them get their art supplies out and draw pictures to go with their story. We would then assemble the parts together to make a book. rpetty | Oct 26, 2008 | Thinking that "all of the other reindeer" she hears people singing about include her, Olive the dog reports to the North Pole to help Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Cottonwood.School | Sep 25, 2008 | This book is great! I love Olive and I love the pictures in it (  ) Mikelodeon | Nov 10, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
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Olive gets to the North Pole just in time. Comet (the biggest reindeer) uses a piece of extra ribbon to tie Olive to the reindeers' elaborate harness system. As the sleigh rose high in the sky, "Olive was surprised it was so easy to fly." (The sight of a dog dangling beneath Santa's sleigh will reduce readers to charmed giggles.) Despite Olive's lack of flying ability and the unfortunate mishap caused by the reindeers' distraction, she, in her inherent dogginess, proves to be useful as both a flute retriever and a cookie smeller.
J. otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh have written and illustrated four splendid books for children: Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride, Mr. Lunch Borrows a Canoe, Monkey Business, and Free Lunch. Publisher's Weekly's assessment of the creators' work in Free Lunch also rings true for Olive, the Other Reindeer: "Seibold and Walsh specialize in street-smart art and convoluted story-lines ... Seibold's illustration style [is] a sort of cubism for the '90s. His computer-generated, airbrush-smooth characters resemble digital icons, but their asymmetrical quality lends them a hand-drawn warmth. The spreads are abuzz with comical details." This very silly, endearing book is sure to delight your favorite kids--and adults, too. (All ages)
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