This is a humorous and authoritative book that will awaken the author in every child. It is filled with tips on how to use wonderful and weird words, invent new words, and write powerful sentences using metaphors, similes, and idioms. Children will soon be creating stories that will stay with their writers and readers forever.
For ages 7–13.
This little hardback book introduces the idea of counting, at a pizza party. The engaging art style, fun characters and picture book feel make it perfect to share and, because it is from Oxford, it is packed with educational goodness to help children develop and grow.
Suitable for age 3+.
This little hardback book introduces the idea of sorting. The engaging art style, fun characters and picture book feel make it perfect to share and, because it is from Oxford, it is packed with educational goodness to help children develop and grow.
Suitable for age 3+.
This paperback edition of the Oxford English Dictionary offers over 120,000 words, phrases, and definitions. It covers all the words you need for everyday use, carefully selected from the evidence of the Oxford English Corpus, a databank of 21st century English, containing over 2 billion words.
Robots, Gadgets and Artificial Intelligence explains, in a clear and interesting way, what AI is and the evolution of robots, how to make AI, the different types of AI, and how AI could affect us in the future. This title is part of the important new series from Oxford which provides accessible introductions to the ideas, facts, and vocabulary behind an absorbing range of subjects.
Suitable age 9+
The Causes and Impacts of Climate Change explains, in a clear and interesting way, what climate is and why it’s changing, what greenhouse gases are and how they are changing the climate, and how we can slow down this process.
Suitable age 9+
The Invisible World of Germs introduces, in a clear and interesting way, early theories about diseases and how they spread, what bacteria, fungi, protists and viruses are and how they behave. It also explores our natural defences and how we protect ourselves from the ever-changing threat of infection.
Suitable age 9+
The Secrets of the Universe explains, in clear and interesting way, the theories of the beginning of the Universe, what it is, how it works, the lives of stars, and possible futures. This is the second title in the important new series from Oxford which provides accessible introductions to the ideas, facts, and vocabulary behind an absorbing range of subjects.
Suitable age 9+