Olga da Polga
Author: Michael Bond
Illustrator: Catherine Rayner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
COLLECTION
LiteratureYEAR GROUP
Years 1 and 2Life from a guinea pig’s viewpoint. These stories are charming but also enable deeper thinking and enquiry; for example, the chapter ‘Olga Starts a Rumour’ encourages questioning about science and the environment. Olga is an imaginative storyteller – she has a tale about why guinea pigs have no tails.
Catherine Rayner is known for her illustrations which portray animals that talk like humans without anthropomorphising their appearance. The design means that the illustrations are fully integrated with the text in a way that is rarely found in chapter books.
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