Customer Reviews

The Olivia Audio Collection

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Dame Edna is wonderful, but she reads the book. What's wrong with that? The Olivia books rely on funny pictures as a part of the narrative and if you are simply listening to someone read them, no matter how well, you miss much of the story and much of the humor. For this format they should have been rewritten so that what happens in the pictures is described to the listener. Very disappointing, and kind of a ripoff.

My son LOVES the Olivia books, therefore we love this CD. I think we enjoy it more because we have read all of the books, "know" Olivia's sense of humor, and can picture the beautiful illustrations from the books, whereas children who have not read the books might miss some of the story since many times the humor is found in how the story is tied to the illustrations. It is frequently requested during car rides or while falling asleep at night by my 3 year old. It is relatively short, but I believe it actually contains all of the "real" Olivia books. Keep in mind, these go with the books, not the Olivia television show.

I don't know if I missed something in the description or what, but this cd is nothing like the tv show. I thought it would be more entertaining. You have to have the books to really understand the cd. There's a lot of piano music which I think cue's you to look at the pictures. It sounds nothing like the show. My son was disappointed, as am I. I know it's narrated and that the voice wouldn't be the same voice as the tv show, but I feel as though it's lacking with out the books.

Our kids were well entertained for hours. They love to listen to the stories while we drove or while they wer playing.

The children love this cd. We paly it at the beginning of nap time. They ask for it almost every day.

it is excellent for kids who are just starting to read. also, for non english speakers kids, to start learning english almost as their mother tongue.

The reader for these books sounds terrible. Nothing like Olivia the pig. Not even close to her type of personality! I am not so happy with this recording at all. The price was ok however. The reader sounds like a luny Julia Childs, not a young spunky Olivia. What made that mistake?

I purchased this product in order to teach a youngster to read. WE USED IT EVERY DAY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. We READ ALONG WITH IT. AS WE SAT NEXT TO EACH OTHER POINTING TO THE WORDS in the approrpriate book and listening to the cd it became quite an enjoyable way of learning to read. The child adored Olivia books and within several weeks of our daily reading in conjunction to the use of the Cd he was off and running. If you want this cd it is definitely worth purchasing.