Publisher's Synopsis
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.
