Added to the Lisbon Public Library in honor of Miaya May Dodge. Children's Literature

The irrepressible Olivia the Pig is off to Venice for spring vacation. She rather enjoys the search for weapons at the airport but is truly enthusiastic to discover that pizza and ice cream—make that "gelato"—are available everywhere. Falconer's whimsical tale about this piglet of strong opinions takes on an Italian flavoras images of Venice's iconic landmarks fill thepages.. At first, the sightseeing goes smoothly: Olivia feeds the pigeons in San Marco Square and sighs as their gondola passes under the Bridge of Sighs. But when she takes one of the famous stones of Venice from the Bell Tower, the Olivia effect kicks in. Her mother warns her that if everyone went off with a piece of Venice, the city would fall down. Olivia holds on to her stone and the family heads off to the airport as the Bell Tower of San Marco crumbles into rubble. It's hard to tell who will enjoy this sixth "Olivia" adventure more—the young listener or the adult reading it. Reviewer: Mary Hynes-Berry