Children’s Book Characters Named Olivia
Here are just a few children’s books with characters named Olivia. Please comment below if you know of one I missed. I hope this encourages your kiddo to read!
A My Name is Alice by Jane Bayer, Illustrated by Steven Kellogg
A variety of animals parade by in this familiar jump rope alphabet song. The antics never quite quit as a parade of animals sell their wares in this wildly illustrated version of the familiar alphabet ditty and ball-bouncing game. Young readers will delight in meeting such characters as Barbara, the bear with balloons for sale in Brazil; New York Ned, the newt who owns a noodle emporium, and finally the zipper-selling Zambian zebra and zebu, Zelda and Zach.
- Other characters: Alex, Barbara, Bob, Clara, Claude, Doris, Dave, Emily, Edward, Fifi, Fred, Gertrude, George, Hannah, Henry, Ida, Ivan, Jane, John, Karen, Keith, Lucy, Luke, Maude, Martin, Nancy, Ned, Olivia, Oscar, Polly, Paul, Queenie, Quentin, Rosie, Richard, Sally, Steve, Theresa, Ted, Ursula, Ulysses, Virginia, Vinnie, Winifred, William, Xena, Xavier, Yolanda, Yancie, Zelda, & Zach
- Ratings: Amazon- 4.8 Goodreads-4.0
- 4-8 year olds or Preschool-3rd grade
- Lexile Measure: 370L
Bella’s Story (A Puppy Tale) by Bruce Cameron
Bella loves her boy, Lucas, who rescued her from an abandoned building. Even though she has to hide from the neighbors and learn boring games like No Barks and Go Home, there is nowhere she’d rather be than by Lucas’ side. Then one day Bella is picked up by animal control, and Lucas is forced to send her to a foster home far away. Bella waits and waits for Lucas to come and get her, but days go by and he does not come. Finally, she realizes what she needs to do – she must Go Home to Lucas – and even four hundred miles of dangerous Colorado wilderness won’t get in her way.
- Other characters: Daisy, Gavin, Taylor, Dutch, Loretta, Jose, Audrey, & Olivia
- Ratings: Amazon-4.9 Goodreads-4.3
- 8-11 year olds
- Lexile Measure: 630L
Ella the Elegant Elephant (series) written and illustrated by Carmela D’Amico
She’s younger than Babar, shyer than Lily, and every bit as cute as Olivia. Look out! Here’s ELLA! Ella’s counting the days until the first day of school … but not because she’s eager to start! On the contrary, as the littlest elephant on Elephant Island, she’s terribly nervous about the other kids she’ll meet. Then she receives a beautiful red hat that belonged to her grandmother — her new lucky charm.
- Ratings: Amazon-4.7 Goodreads-4.0
- Reading level: 4-8 year olds or Preschool-3rd
- Lexile Measure: 620L
Friends Forever (Level 3 Lego Series) by Helen Murray
Meet Olivia and her best friends Mia, Emma, Andrea, and Stephanie. Explore their beautiful home, Heartlake City, and enjoy many adventures along the way! Engaging topics and fun, interactive pages build reading skills in this Level 3 Reader – just right for children who are beginning to read on their own. A fun quiz at the end of the book helps to develop reading comprehension skills. Each title in the DK Readers series is developed in consultation with leading literacy experts to help children build a lifelong love of reading.
- Ratings: Amazon- 4.5 Goodreads- 4.0
- 7-9 year olds or 2nd-4th grade
Midnight for Charlie Bone (series) by Jenny Nimmo
An academy for magic and special talents. A destiny unfulfilled. A secret legacy. Since his father died, Charlie Bone has lived with his mother and her mother in the house of his other grandmother, Grandma Bone. Looking at a picture of a couple with a baby and a cat, he suddenly discovers he can hear their voices. Although he tries to hide his new gift, Grandma Bone and her scary sisters soon find out and send him to Bloor’s Academy. Charlie quickly finds life at Bloor’s pretty tough, with its strict rules and the malevolent head boy, Manfred, set against him. When Charlie discovers that the child in the photograph is being held, hypnotised, against her will, he and his new friends with ‘gifts’ try to awaken her. But can they overcome Manfred’s sinister hypnotic gifts?
- Includes characters: Benjamin Brown, Amy, Maisie, Eustacia, Julia Ingledew, Emilia Moon, Paton Yewbeam, Mr. Onimous, Gabriel Silk, Fidelio, Zelda Dobinski, Dr. Bloor, Emma Tolly, Lucretia, Billy Raven, Leo, Venetia, Olivia Vertigo, Mr. Paltry, Asa, Grizelda, Ezekiel, Runner Bean, & Nancy.
- Ratings: Amazon-4.6 Goodreads-3.8
- 8+ year olds or 3rd-6th grade
Olivia (series) by Ian Falconer
- Ratings: Amazon-4.8 Goodreads-4.1
- 1-4 year olds
- Lexile Measure: AD450L
Olivia Sharp: Agent for Secrets by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
- Ratings: Amazon-4.5 Goodreads-3.6
- 8-12 year olds or 3rd-7th
- Lexile Measure: 580L
Rainbow Magic Olivia the Orchid Fairy by Daisy Meadows
Every flower is bright and blossoming, thanks to the Petal Fairies! But when Jack Frost steals their magical petals, the fairies are in trouble. Flowers everywhere could disappear! The goblins have taken Olivia the Orchid Fairy’s petal to a chilly ice cave. Can Rachel and Kirsty convince them to play nice in the ice?
- Ratings: Amazon-4.5 Goodreads-3.8
- 7-10 year olds or 2nd-5th grade
Search & Rescue by Colleen Coble
Emily O’Reilly is obsessed with all things Search and Rescue. She volunteers with the team and goes on rescue missions with her stepmom. She is even selling homemade jewelry to save up for her own Search and Rescue puppy. But when an expensive necklace is stolen from a renowned jewelry artist at Rock Harbor’s fall festival and Emily is accused of the crime, it looks like she’ll never get her puppy and be able to join the Rock Harbor Search and Rescue team. Emily isn’t willing to give up on her Search and Rescue dreams that easily, and she sets out to find the real culprit and to restore her reputation. With a few suspects in mind, Emily is determined to uncover the truth, but she isn’t prepared for the secrets she and the Search and Rescue dogs sniff out in the process.
- Includes character: Olivia
- Ratings: Amazon-4.5 Goodreads-4.3
- 9-13 year olds
Shark Kiss, Octopus Hug by Lynn Reed
Charlie the shark and Olivia Octopus were the best friends the ocean had ever seen. All Charlie wanted was a hug. Olivia desperately wished for a kiss. This is the story of how they both found what they were looking for.
- Ratings: Amazon-4.9 Goodreads-3.5
- 4-8 year olds or Preschool-3rd grade
Unicorn Academy Olivia and Snowflake (series) by Julie Sykes
- Ratings: Amazon-4.9 Goodreads-4.4
- 5-7 year olds
The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13 (series) by Honest Lee
When unlucky teacher Ms. Linda LaCrosse wins the lottery, she shares her winnings with her class-giving each student over a BILLION DOLLARS! You might think this was nice, but it was not. It was a nasty idea. With great money comes awful allergies, terrible taxes, violent volcanoes, and other pesky problems. As the students of Classroom 13 are about to learn, winning the lottery is not always lucky.
- Includes characters: Mason, Emma, William, Sophia, Santiago, Ximena, Jayden Jason, Lily, Jacob, Olivia, Ava, Teo, Earl, Mark, Mya, Madison, Dev, Ethan, Chloe, Fatima, Yuna, Benji, Preeya, Liam, Isabella, Hugo, & Zoey
- Ratings: Amazon-4.7 Goodreads-3.5
- 6-10 year olds or 1st-5th grade
- Lexile Measure: 710L
Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl’s mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is ready to return the next day to share her knowledge with her class. Your Name is a Song is a celebration to remind all of us about the beauty, history, and magic behind names.
- Includes characters- Ahlam, Anderson, Benjamin, Bilqis, Bob, Ha, Jalonte, Ju-Long, Juana, Kora- Jalimuso, Kotone, Kwaku, Lamika, Laquan, Mamadou, Ngozi, Olivia, Olumide, Oudom, Sagnika, Siobhan, Ta’Jae, Thandolwethu, Trayvon, Ummi, & Xiomara
- Ratings: Amazon- 4.9 Goodreads-4.6
- 3-8 year olds or Preschool-2nd grade
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