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How can you not love Olivia! She is hip. She is cool. She is a Diva! And now she has gone to Venice.   Olivia goes to Venice by Ian Falconer is a treasure as it is loaded with beautiful photo collages of Venice’s famous sites. While in Venice, Olivia got to see many of them such as the Grand Canal, Piazza San Marco, Rialto Bridge and the Bridge of Sighs. She learned many things too like ice cream in Venice is called gelato and it is really, really, good. Olivia had many! She also learned not to feed corn to the pigeons in Piazza San Marco. That was a terrifying experience. However the gondola ride made up for it.   As her last day approached, Olivia started to look for a souvenir to take home. She considered many things but decided on “one of the actual Stones of Venice from the bell tower” (p. 33). Olivia was a pretty good sport when her mother made her give it back. Olivia loved her trip to Venice and dreamed of her own “Monumento OLIVA” as they flew home (p. 40).