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Title: Olive, the Other Reindeer Deluxe Edition
Written by: Vivian Walsh and J.otto Seibold
Illustrated by: J.otto Seibold
Hardback: 40 pages
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Ages: 3 and up
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 978-0-8118-5719-2
Publication: September 2007 (original publication 1997)
Olive, the Other Reindeer was originally published in 1997, and this new Deluxe Edition marks the tenth anniversary of this Christmas favorite.
As Olive the dog was listening to the radio, she heard a song about “Olive, the other reindeer” and realized that she must be a reindeer after all. She immediately headed to the North Pole. Even though she was a dog, Santa gave Olive a chance, and she joined the other reindeer in pulling the sleigh. At the end of their long night, Olive used her keen sense of smell to help guide Santa’s sleigh back home. To her surprise, Santa’s Christmas gift to Olive was her very own set of antlers.
This new edition is loaded with tons flaps to lift, tabs to pull, and fragrant scratch and sniff panels. There is an amazing pop-up “grand finale” at the end of the book, too! Children will fall in love with this new version of Olive, the Other Reindeer, just as they did the original.
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Reviewed by Amy Seim, Picture Book Reviewer for the National Writing for Children Center