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Ox-Tales refers to four anthologies of short stories written by 38 of the UK's best-known authors. All donated their stories to . The books and stories are loosely based on the four elements: Earth, Fire, Air and Water.

The Ox-Tales books were published in partnership with Green Profile "Green Books Campaign: Ox-Tales Earth" , Iris on Books, 10 November 2010. to raise revenue for projects tackling around the world. Oxfam receives a percentage of the cover price of each book sold (£3.50 per book if bought directly from an Oxfam shop or Oxfam's website and 50p if the books are purchased through other retailers).


Themes
The themes of the collections are intended to represent four aspects of 's work:

  • Earth — land rights and farming
  • Fire — campaigning for arms control
  • Air — combating climate change
  • Water — safe water and sanitation

Each book contains a poem by and an afterword written by Oxfam, detailing their work in that area.


Authors
38 British and Irish based authors contributed to this project.


Publication details
Ox-Tales were published by Green Profile (owned by ) on 2 July 2009. They were originally published to mark the start of Oxfam's first annual book festival, Bookfest (4–18 July 2009).


Reception
In Autumn 2009, the National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) recommended Ox-Tales to its readers as "enjoyable, thought-provoking reading for you and also for older students — well worth a place in the secondary school stock cupboard for KS4 of KS5."

NATE reprinted 's story "The Importance of Having Warm Feet" from the Ox-Tales: Earth collection in the October 2009 edition of their magazine, Classroom. Classroom magazine , Issue #9, October 2009.


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