Olivia & her family - cr Chorion
Nick Jr. is set to bring children’s book character Olivia to animated life. The series, which has 26 episodes in its first season, is based on the Olivia series from Ian Falconer
For those unfamiliar with the books, Olivia is a six year old who believes she can do anything and with her vivid imagination she often can. She has self confidence in spades and promotes independent thinking, ingenuity, and persistence.
She is joined by her 4 year old brother Ian (my son’s favorite character), William the baby, her parents, her dog Perry and her cat Edwin, and her friends Julian and Francine.
The premiere episode opens with a charming sequence where Edwin firmly plants himself in the middle of Olivia’s work (if you have a cat this will look familiar). Short sketches like this appear to be the way most episodes will open, as the second story had a similar intro.
Each episode has 2 stories. The first story in this episode has Olivia battling the thought that her little brother will likely be bigger than her one day. Olivia then concocts ways to keep Ian from growing.
The second episode features a snow day which results in Olivia running an imaginary hotel with Julian and Francine (and some unintended participation from Ian).
I’ll be honest and admit that I haven’t read the Falconer books so this was my first introduction to Olivia. That said the first impressions are favorable. I used the word charming earlier, and it’s a fairly apt description of the show. It is nicely animated and not overly invasive for you parents (you can live be in the same room with the show and have it not be distracting). And my kids seemed to really enjoy the screener, asking to watch it a half dozen times in the first week we had it.
If you’re a fan of the book series, drop me a line with your impressions once you’ve seen it. It will premiere at 11:30 on January 26th with new episodes all week.
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How can we find Olivia on DVD? My 3 yr old is in love with this show!!!! We watch it on demand but they only have 2 episodes at a time….
I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH.I WATCH IT EVERYDAY.
Both my kids who are 2 and 4yrs love this show, they both sing along to the song, I also have looked for the DVD’s, where can I find them?
The movie comes out on August 11th. You can get it at Target! Enjoy!
My kids are 16 and 17 years old and they love this show.
i am 10 and i like watching olivia.its great.its littie show. but i like watching it very much.
i luv this!im 11 years old.i have the small olivia doll the big olivia doll
3 olivia t-shirts and 2 olivia coloring books and 1 olivia book!i luv olivia!
um u can get the olivia movie at target for 10 dollors only!it has several kinds of videos on it!enjoy olivia while u have her!
peace n luv ppl!