Product Description

"I'm a little bit bigger, not a little bit smaller. I'm a little bit taller—I'm growing Rolie up!"

If Rolie Polie Olie grows a little every day, when will he be big enough?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #585166 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-01
• Released on: 2006-08-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 40 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Familiar characters star in all new adventures this season and a pair of companion volumes encourage wordplay. In William Joyce's Big Time Olie, the robot boy hero makes use of the "shrink-and-grow-a-lator" when his parents exclude him from activities because of his size. Olie gets unexpected results when he hits the wrong buttons on the machine.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2-Rolie Polie Olie is too small to go to Mount Big Ball and too big to jump on his bed eating ice cream. When he decides to use the "shrink-and-grow-a-lator," he becomes so small that his sister thinks he's a doll; next, he becomes so big that one jump puts him in outer space, and he winds up bruised, burned, and lonely. The family dog, with the help of mom and dad, helps Rolie get back to just the right size, and he decides that "I won't be in such a hurry to grow all Rolie up." The brightly colored characters, fashioned out of round balls, metal springs, and simple shapes, and the slightly futuristic, but somehow old-fashioned cartoon quality of the illustrations meet for a wonderfully playful effect. The spare, rhythmic text perfectly captures the conflicting desires of preschoolers to grow up and venture out, yet to be safe and close to home and family.
Shelley B. Sutherland, Niles Public Library District, IL
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
PreS-Gr. 1. The metallic butterball Rolie Polie Olie grapples with growing up in this sweet, satisfying addition to the series. Too small to accompany his parents to Mount Big Ball ("big-time unfair"), and too big to jump on the bed while eating ice cream, Olie cries, "I'm not the right size for anything!" This is clearly a job for the shrink-and-grow-a-lator. But when Olie presses the wrong button, he shrinks so small his little sister thinks he is a doll. Urgently pressing the bigger button, he gets so big he jumps up to outer space, bonks his head on the moon, and lands KABOOM! on a mountaintop. Is there no middle ground in this business of growing up? Olie sings a forlorn song. But his family serendipitously saves the day, and that night "he went to sleep in his bed that was just big enough . . . for now." Karin Snelson
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Customer Reviews

Olie Turns Huge
I like this book so very much. I like it because it teaches young children a lesson. What happens in this book is that Olie was mad because his dad said he was not big enough big to eat ice cream on his bed and to young to see a movie with them. Olie then turned himself huge. Olie realized that being big wasn't fun. That day Olie realized that he'll grow someday, and it doesn't matter when. I recommend this book for a bed time story for the ages 4-7.

Big,Bigger,Biggest, Olie!
The story Big Time Olie is about Olie who wants to get bigger because he isn't the right size for anything. Olie uses the shrink-and-grow-a-later to make him bigger. The problem is that he makes him self to big. Finally, his parents come and shrink him back to size. Olie learns he should be happy with his size. I think this is a great book for kids of all ages. I recommend this book to anyone who loves Rolie Polie Olie and his adventures.

Olie turns huge!
I love this book. I love it because it teaches children a lesson. It teaches them that you will grow up some day and it does not matter when. I recommend this book for the ages 4-7 because they will fall in love with it.