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Ian Falconer, 63, author and illustrator known for his _Olivia_ books for children

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Michael Rhodes

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Mar 8, 2023, 4:50:45 AM3/8/23
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NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Author and illustrator Ian Woodward Falconer, known for his “Olivia” book series for children, has died. Falconer’s lawyer and agent Conrad M. Rippy said Falconer died Tuesday of natural causes while with family in Norwalk, Connecticut. He was 63.

https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2023-03-07/author-ian-falconer-of-olivia-books-for-children-dies

Lenona

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Mar 8, 2023, 11:23:56 AM3/8/23
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Another obit:

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/08/1161803473/ian-falconer-dies-olivia

He had two entries in the Something About the Author encyclopedia series and an entry in volume 146 of the Children's Literature Review series.

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/ian-falconer/
(11 Kirkus reviews)

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/27861.Ian_Falconer
(reader reviews)

https://www.google.com/search?q=ian+falconer+olivia&rlz=1CAJMBU_enUS1048&biw=1366&bih=649&tbm=vid&ei=VLUIZKmIILa1ptQP3-SsmAg&ved=0ahUKEwipgoSH3sz9AhW2mokEHV8yC4MQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=ian+falconer+olivia&gs_lcp=Cg1nd3Mtd2l6LXZpZGVvEAMyCwgAEIAEELEDEIMBMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIFCAAQhgM6BQgAEIAEUNYCWP4QYJkSaABwAHgAgAGjAogBjAqSAQUwLjYuMpgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-video
(short read-alouds)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zu8x8BV_rk
(lecture from 2014 - an hour long)


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