Ox-Tales refers to four anthologies of short stories written by 38 of the UK's best-known authors.
The Ox-Tales books were published in partnership with Green Profile[1][2] to raise revenue for Oxfam projects tackling poverty around the world.
They were originally published to mark the start of Oxfam's first annual book festival - "Bookfest"[10] (4–18 July 2009).
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.
"[11] NATE reprinted Marina Lewycka's story "The Importance of Having Warm Feet" from the Ox-Tales: Earth collection in the October 2009 edition of their magazine, Classroom.