Author Spotlight

Ezra Mcebisi Nkohla Oxford University Press Southern Africa is hosting an Author Spotlight in order to honour our renowned South African authors. This month’s Author Spotlight, Ezra Mcebisi Nkohla is the son of the late David Nkohla and Nomagalili Mahlabela –...

Help with times tables

Learning times tables off by heart makes mental maths much easier. It will boost your child’s confidence in their maths lessons at school, but it’s also a skill they’ll use all the time in the world outside school. Here, we’ve pulled together key information about how...

The language of maths

Succeeding in mathematics (maths) depends greatly on how well you speak the language of maths. Imagine that you are presented with a test in a natural language you don’t speak. Or you may speak just enough of it to have everyday conversations, but not to understand or...

Our pronunciation toolkit

Pronunciation is integral to vocabulary learning. As well as knowing the meaning and written form of a word or phrase, students need to be able to recognize and produce its spoken form. Good pronunciation can also help students retain vocabulary more effectively....

Nelson Maths

Written by international primary experts, helping children to love maths. Discover the new Nelson Maths. Magical fiction for children aged 5–8 from Harriet Muncaster. This new edition provides a rigorous, whole-school programme for teaching and learning maths from...

Mayor Bunny’s Chocolate Town

Mr Bunny is back . . . and this time he’s running for mayor. Coop Town needs some urgent repairs—and Mr Bunny is promising to make it Great Again. At first the chicken electorate is wowed by Mr Bunny’s promises of new chocolate houses, new chocolate parks, new...

Isadora Moon

Half vampire, half fairy, totally unique! Magical fiction for children aged 5–8 from Harriet Muncaster. Isadora is special because she’s different. Half vampire, half fairy, she’s totally unique! Her mum is a fairy, and her dad is a vampire, and she is a bit of both....

Author of the month – April 2022

Sipho Richard Kekezwa Oxford University Press Southern Africa is hosting an Author of the Month in order to honour our renowned South African authors. The author of this month is Sipho Richard Kekezwa, the winner of the South African Youth Literature Award 2021. For...

Mirabelle

Half witch, half fairy, totally naughty! Meet Mirabelle Starspell. Her mom is a witch, her dad is a fairy, and she is a bit of both. She likes casting spells with her fairy wand and flying around on her witchy broomstick, but most of all the thing she really, really...