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Oliver, For National Curriculum Early Years, Interest age: from c 3 years, Fiction, Picture books, Picture storybooks, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: body & health (Children'
A bestselling picture book which encourages children to drink more milk, from award-winning author Vivian French.
First it was his vegetables. Then it was his fruit. Now it's his milk - will Oliver ever like what's good for him Spend a day on the farm with him and find out!
Busy-body Auntie Jen is determined that Oliver shall drink his milk. But just how can she persuade him
Part of a bestselling series that has sold over 200,000 copies in the UK and export alone. Other titles in this series include Oliver's Fruit Salad and Oliver's Vegetables.
Vivian French
Vivian is a writer of both books and plays; she has written more than 250 children's books, including the very successful Tiara Club series, and is consistently one of the top 30 most borrowed authors from UK libraries. She has had plays performed both in London and throughout Scotland; her audiences include young adults as well as children. She has won many awards for her books, and is regularly invited to festivals including Cheltenham and the Edinburgh International Book Festival. (2012 Guest selector for the children's programme.) Vivian teaches part time at Edinburgh College of Art, and is one of the two founding members of the PictureHooks programme supporting Scottish illustrators. She is married with four grown up daughters and three grandchildren, and lives in Edinburgh. She'd like a cat, but lives up 66 steps and has no garden ... maybe one day. Her favourite book is an empty notebook.
Since 1990, Vivian French has published more than 100 books for children of all ages. She has been a reviewer and has worked in the theatre - she is also well-known as a playwright. Among her most popular books are the Tiara Club titles for Hachette. Married with four grown-up daughters, she now lives in Edinburgh.
Visit her website at www.vivianfrench.com.
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