"Olivia Saves the Circus"

Olivia the Pig is an unusual heroine appearing in children's books challenging school standards and conventional modes. I have used Olivia's stories in class and the children were really motivated and enjoyed discussing the whimsical Olivia who always manages to catch the audience's attention in the most peculiar way.


On the following link you can read an article I have published on Ian Falconer's "Olivia Saves the Circus". The article is a thorough account of a teaching intervention with a group of 6th grade students.



https://www.academia.edu/26930302/Responding_to_Ian_Falconers_Olivia_Saves_the_Circus_2000_A_literacy_development_project_of_an_EFL_class_in_a_state_primary_school_of_Greece

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