Oxford Literacy Web: Fiction: Variety: Year 4 Fiction: Chocolate Boxes

by PatThomson (Author), KeithGaines (Contributor)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $12.22

  These are the first titles in the OLW variety fiction strand for Key Stage 2. The OLW is the new scheme designed to work with the NLS (National Literacy Strategy). Year 4: Chocolate Boxes by Pat Thomson is about child labour in Victorian Britain. Dinosaur Garden by Susan Gates is a fantasy about dinosaurs in the modern age. Alien Bek by Paul Stewart is a story about a child be-friending an alien. The Battle of Waterloo Road by Tessa Krailing is a fantasy about football, and Napoleon Pirates, Gold, and Custard by Pat Thomson is an historical story. Pioneers at Piano Ridge by Geraldine McCaughrean is about racism in the Wild West, told from two points of view.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.36

  These are the first titles in the OLW variety fiction strand for Key Stage 2. The OLW is the new scheme designed to work with the NLS (National Literacy Strategy). The Year 3 title includes: The Clowns Next Door by Susan Gates - a story about clowns who would prefer not to be clowns; Dad's Story by Susan Gates - a story about a boy finding out his dad cannot read; The Adventures of Robyn Hudd by Paul Shipton - a modern Robin Hood with a female protagonist who takes on the bullies; Robin Hood and The Golden Arrow by Malachy Doyle - a retelling of the traditional story; The Oakhollow Mystery by Tessa Krailing - a story about moving to a new house and discovering it holds a mystery; and The Beast of Bobbin Moor by Jon Blake - a girl leads her gang through two adventures.