Books in Oxford Reds series

Oxford Reds is our first major superseries for newly confident readers. Each book is on a real-life subject, with a simple lively text and richly coloured, realistic illustrations. Many are written by well-known children's writers. Each one is written by an author who communicatesenthusiasm, passion and understanding for the subject.Approved by educational experts, Oxford Reds contain clear type, simple sentence structures, information boxes, contents pages, alphabetical glossaries, and parents' and teacher's notes. These books will appeal particularly to the beginner reader who prefers factual information to a story. Theseries is planned to launch with 12 titles in 2000 followed by 8 per year. Other subjects include: Sharks; Snakes; Frogs and Toads; Dogs; Rockets; Wolves.About the author: Jan Mark is an experienced writer for children having had over 45 books published. She has won the Penguin/Guardian award and the Library Association Carnegie Medal amongst others, as well as being shortlisted for the Whitbread and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Jan livesin Oxford.

Oxford Reds is our first major superseries for newly confident readers. Each book is on a real-life subject, with a simple lively text and richly coloured, realistic illustrations. Many are written by well-known children's writers. Each one is written by an author who communicatesenthusiasm, passion and understanding for the subject.Approved by educational experts, Oxford Reds contain clear type, simple sentence structures, information boxes, contents pages, alphabetical glossaries, and parents' and teacher's notes. These books will appeal particularly to the beginner reader who prefers factual information to a story. Theseries is planned to launch with 12 titles in 2000 followed by 8 per year. Other subjects include: Sharks; Snakes; Frogs and Toads; Dogs; Rockets; Wolves.About Big Cats:Did you know that tigers are the biggest cats in the world? Some tigers are as heavy as four grown-ups put together! They can kill any large animals - even big bears!About the author: Kenneth Ireland was an English teacher for many years, eventually becoming the deputy headmaster of a large secondary school. Born in Nottingham, Ken now lives in Birmingham and has been a full-time writer since 1984, specializing in children's books. He is married with twogrown-up children.

Newly updated with the stunning discovery of two new elements, A Guide to the Elements, 2nd Edition is still the easy-to-read, easy-to-understand resource to the periodic table that students and teachers of the physical sciences expect. A Guide to the Elements, Second Edition begins with an introductory section that explains some of the basic concepts of chemistry and traces the history and development of the periodic table of the elements. In clear, nontechnical language, Albert Stwertka takes complex ideas and terms easily understandable. Complemented with historical anecdotes and everyday examples, each fascinating article examines one element and is accompanied by photographs many in full color of practical applications. Middle school and high school students will find this a welcome reference, as will adults with no background in chemistry. This new edition includes: * A comprehensive list of informative websites * An epilogue on recent near-discoveries of new elements * An extensively updated further-reading listAn excellent "look up" resource as well as a superb introduction to chemistry, A Guide to the Elements, Second Edition is a good beginning step on the road to chemical literacy.

Each book in the Oxford Reds series is on a real-life subject, with a simple lively text and realistic illustrations (this title also contains photographs). Many are written by well-known children's writers.Did you know that football has been played for hundreds of years? Once it was even banned, because it was too dangerous! Oxford Reds Football contains information on how the great game came about, and how it is played today, across the world, by girls and boys, men and women. It also containssome fantastic statistics and fascinating facts!

Oxford Reds is our first major superseries for newly confident readers. Each book is on a real-life subject, with a simple lively text and richly coloured, realistic illustrations. Many are written by well-known children's writers. Each one is written by an author who communicatesenthusiasm, passion and understanding for the subject.Approved by educational experts, Oxford Reds contain clear type, simple sentence structures, information boxes, contents pages, alphabetical glossaries, and parents' and teacher's notes. These books will appeal particularly to the beginner reader who prefers factual information to a story. Theseries is planned to launch with 12 titles in 2000 followed by 8 per year. Other subjects include: Sharks; Snakes; Frogs and Toads; Dogs; Rockets; Wolves.About the author: Jan Mark is an experienced writer for children having had over 45 books published. She has won the Penguin/Guardian award and the Library Association Carnegie Medal amongst others, as well as being shortlisted for the Whitbread and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Jan livesin Oxford.