Diesel and Me - Fluency 10

About the author

Oliver is an award-winning author, poet and writer/performer. His critically-acclaimed debut children's poetry collection, We Are Family: Six Kids and a Super-Dad was published in May 2024 by Otter-Barry Books. His debut children’s novella, Alfie’s First Fight, won Best Illustrated Young Reader at the 2023 Children’s Literature Festivals’ Book Awards, and Alex Wheatle MBE described it as “Compelling!” When he isn’t writing, Oliver can usually be found performing his stories and poems and facilitating workshops all across the world. Oliver co-runs Your Story, a non-profit organisation based in Denbigh which collaborates with and for communities to discover and creatively share stories. Other books that Oliver has either written or contributed to include Alfie and the Thief, Fishing For Rainbows, Tales of the Weird, the Wild and the Wonderful and Tales of the Bold, the Brave and the Beautiful. He lives in Denbigh, North Wales.

Product details

• Authors: Sykes Oliver
• Assisted by: Elina Pisko (Illustration)
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 8
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.08.2025
• EAN: 9780008746483
• ISBN: 978-0-00-874648-3
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 186 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 140 g
• Series: Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Classroom Management, Interest age: from c 7 years, Interest age: from c 5 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 1 (England and Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 1, For primary education, Educational: Languages other than English, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary