Ian Falconer

Ian Woodwark Falconer (born 25 August 1959) is an American illustrator, children's book author, and costume and set designer for the theater. He has created 30 covers for The New Yorker as well as other publications. Falconer is best known for the OLIVIA series, which features a young pig and her many adventures, which was inspired by the birth of his first niece and his desire to give her a special "first" present. Born in Ridgefield, Connecticut, Mr. Falconer, who graduated from The Cambridge School of Weston, studied Art History at New York University and painting at Parsons School of Design and Otis Art Institute.

In the Olivia series:

• Olivia, 2000 - winner of 2001 Caldecott Honor
• Olivia Saves the Circus, 2001 - 2002 Booksense Illustrated Children's Book of the Year
• Olivia's Opposites, 2002
• Olivia Counts, 2002
• Olivia...and the Missing Toy, 2003
• Teatro Olivia, 2004
• Olivia Forms a Band, 2006 - 2006 Child Magazine's Best Children's Book Award
• Dream Big (starring Olivia), 2006
• Olivia Helps with Christmas, 2007 - 2008 Falconer won the Illustrator of the Year in the Children's Choice Book Awards for this title
• Olivia Goes to Venice, 2010

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Falconer)

Check out some Olivia books at the library!! They are SO much fun!!