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Hidden Wonders · Olivia & Doudou

A World of Little Discoveries

Follow Olivia and Doudou from a hillside cable car to a bakery, canal and bright aquarium windows. A tiny musician, a smiling star and a sleepy animal are waiting to be noticed.

For shared looking, ages 2–8. Start with the larger clues; tiny details suit older children or adult help. Difficulty labels are editorial suggestions, not a child assessment.

Look together

Every corner has a story.

A richly detailed travel picture with Olivia and her plush bunny repeated among hillside houses, a boardwalk, bakery, canal, aquarium and shore.

A few things to notice

Follow a clue. Or your curiosity.

Choose any three if you like. Each clue shows one particular place in the picture—even when a friend appears more than once.

What catches your eye?

Start anywhere. You can choose a clue, name something you notice, or simply look together.

No timer. No score. Just things to notice together.

Discovery marks stay only while this picture page is open. Read the picture description or choose written clues for another way to join in.

The picture in words.

A richly detailed travel picture with Olivia and her plush bunny repeated among hillside houses, a boardwalk, bakery, canal, aquarium and shore.

Use the written clues and answer descriptions in the player, or invite someone to describe a part of the picture with you. These words support shared exploration; the picture contains many more small visual details.

Make it your kind of together time

For parents & teachers.

At home

Take a pretend trip with your eyes. This picture brings memories of several Olivia adventures together; it is not a map of one real city.

Settle in

Start with the whole picture. Let your child choose the hillside, the busy square or the shore, then zoom into just that place.

A little support

For younger children, offer the cable car, yellow star or sea otter. For older children, use the little model boat or artist and ask for location words. Give a clue only when invited; there is no need to find every Olivia.

Leave room for their ideas

Where would you stop first?

Invite a reason: a sound, a smell, a friend or something interesting to see.

Which two places feel different?

Try busy bakery and quiet koala branch. Accept the child’s own comparison.

What might Doudou notice next?

Let the child speak for the plush bunny, gesture, or invent a tiny travel joke.

A gentle finish

Choose one favorite stop and draw a postcard. Dictate one sentence about it, then finish with “Where shall we dream of going next?”

In the classroom

About 15 minutes · Adapt to your group

Practice noticing details, using place words and explaining a personal choice through an imaginary journey.

Bring along

  • A screen with the picture or a printed panorama
  • Optional picture clues
  • Paper and pencils for a next-story drawing

  1. Look together

    Take a quiet look at the whole scene. Invite children to name a place that interests them.

  2. Find three things

    Choose a vehicle, an animal and something a person has made. Partners may choose different examples.

  3. Describe one without pointing

    Use two details and one place word, such as beside, below or near. Let the group locate the example.

  4. Invent what happens next

    Choose one Olivia-and-Doudou moment and tell a short next stop. Keep it an invented journey, not a geography fact.

Make room for everyone

Offer one enlarged area or a printed crop at a time. Read clues aloud, accept gesture or home-language descriptions, and pair a describer with a finder. Travel experience is not required.

Reflect together

Which detail changed the place you wanted to visit? A drawing, word or gesture can answer.

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