Giving

Olly and Me

by Shirley Hughes

A little girl and her baby brother experience the various aspects of giving, finding that it is nice whether you are giving a present, a smile, or a kiss.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

24 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Shirley Hughes is the illustrator of more than two hundred children’s books and has won many prestigious awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal twice. She is the author-illustrator of DON'T WANT TO GO! and OLLY AND ME 1 2 3. She died at her home in London on the 25th of February, 2022.

Reviews

[Gabby · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm dying to read this to a foundation or year one class, as I feel they are just at the age of understand the importance of sharing and giving. There is so much understand to be had about how different people respond to sharing and the fact that it touches on not everyone responding nicely to giving, promotes discussion about what we do when this happens. I'd love the children to talk about their own examples of giving and the reactions.

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Llewellyn at 19 months loves all the Shirley Hughes 'nursery collection' books. I find some of her illustrations have dated a bit (the Dads always look so 1950's, and I don't know what small girls still have hairdos like Milly Molly Mandy), but Llewy really responds to them. I think they're closely observed and he can relate them to his experience.

[Nick Swarbrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

The customary honesty of children’s lives shines out in this beauty, from giving a picture and getting a shoulder ride almost all the way home to wanting to give your destructive brother a whack for knocking down your tower of bricks - and not doing. Gently didactic and vivid in its portrayal of childhood, this is well worth a place on many a bookshelf at home of school.

[Anne White]

Sharing soggy bread crusts...family togetherness.

[Marilyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

6-21-2000) Alissa really sympathized with the little girl in the story when the cat scratched her arm. This happens to Alissa too. It's always Willie; she can never catch Princess.

8-27-1999)Alissa is really into wrapping up gifts to give to people.

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

sweet book

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book for toddlers, especially older siblings.
Odd page to end on though...

[Jenna Mills · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet