Ollie's Odyssey

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Joyce (the Guardians of Childhood series) delivers a deliciousremix of classic movie and storybook themes: imprisoned toys, talking junkyardfriends, and a doll lost a generation ago. It wore a blue-striped hoodie and a red scarf around its neck and had a simple, hopeful face that gave the impression of friendliness. The ruler of this kingdom is Zozo, a former carnival-game clown doll whose heartbreaking backstory is the stuff of tragic opera.

The narrative isprinted on artificially age-stained paper and punctuated with largeillustrations--of toys loved to shabbiness and genuinely sinisteradversaries--that add golden-toned atmosphere to the "huge a-venture. When Ollie is toynapped, Billy must rescue his beloved favorite from Zozo’s subterranean lair in the old Carnival Place, past the park, through the woods, and into the night.

And that's why I'm typing to unload everything that's making me love and hate this book at the same time so I can finally find some peace. On October 6, 2020, Netflix director Teddy Biaselli revealed that Lost Ollie had been picked up by the streaming platform, mentioning that the series had been in the works since 2016.

Una storia avventurosa e simpatica che parla di amicizia e di crescita, che mi ha coinvolto dalla prima pagina, che mi ha emozionato alla fine. So, if you have a kid with a big imagination when it comes to their toys and if that kid isn't too bothered by creepy imagery and scary plot devices, then it might be worth picking it up for them. But there were no words that could describe or give comfort to the deep unease and desperation they now felt. It was a lovely doll, and the first time she’d ever held it, the name popped into her head and somehow seemed perfect.Readers know that he has been abducted by miniature mechanical henchmenand taken to the lair of Zozo, an eerie clown ruined by his own bitterness.

The third-person narration retains a storyteller's wisdom as it shifts between Billy and Ollie's naive perspectives; pacing is leisurely despite Zozo's sinister presence being introduced fairly early in the plot.Blige, Tim Blake Nelson, Gina Rodriguez, Jake Johnson, and Kesler Talbot also joining the series and production beginning in Vancouver. It was Aventurous (as Billy and Ollie would say), heartwarming, giggle-inducing, and high-stakes action.

But maybe you'll be able to like this book for what it is, because despite the hollywoodish plotline and all the action for the sake of action and slapstick and lazy tropes (these things bore me more than they probably should, maybe it's because I read more children's books than I probably should) it's a very lovely story with a lovely message and lovely illustrations and lovely quotes.For six-year-old Billy thatconnection exists with Ollie, the stuffed animal his mother made him when hewas born. Ollie is a toy made for a young boy named Billy by his mother, which Billy dubbed his favorite toy when he got him. One day, six-year-old Billy's forced to go to a wedding and brings Ollie with him, where Ollie is stolen by an evil toy clown named Zozo who wants to rid every child of their favorite toys.