Dictionaries

Over 25,000 words are arranged in alphabetical order in this classic English language reference book to help with spelling. It comes with useful tips and hints and rules about spelling on each page. This book also contains ways to visualise words that are easily confused, difficult to spell or that sound the same as other words. It is part of a range of Usborne reference dictionaries. Additional online resources are available via the Usborne Quicklinks website.

Includes colour coding of the dictionary quartiles, links to the Primary Strategy for KS2 and special information on word families, usage, and derived words. With the virtual thumb tabs and the alphabet down the side of each page, this book is age appropriate for independent dictionary users.

Here is a new, easy-to-use, comprehensive dictionary with over a thousand full-color illustrations, and 20,000 entries. The Oxford Children's Dictionary boasts a number of features that make it an ideal reference work for young children. It offers crystal clear definitions, which include pronunciation guides for difficult words (such as guerilla or ricochet) and up-to-date example sentences that show how words are used in context. It has an attractive layout, with headwords in color and numerous illustrations on every page. There are usage notes and no confusing abbreviations-parts of speech and inflections are written in full. The Dictionary also includes panels on word origins and words in the same family, all designed to help encourage the accurate use of language. Finally, the Dictionary includes an informative introduction and key on how to get the best out of the dictionary. With a colorful, family-friendly format and broad coverage of the types of words young people will encounter, Oxford Children's Dictionary is a must-have resource for every home library.

A new, easy-to-use illustrated children's thesaurus with thousands of entries, synonyms, clear age-appropriate example sentences and over a thousand colour illustrations. The clear design and colourful word webs with hundreds of topic words make homework and writing easy and fun.

A new edition of the Oxford Junior Illustrated Thesaurus in paperback with thousands of synonyms, writing tips, overused words and word webs to build writing skills. Entries are simple and clear, and include relevant child-friendly example sentences to show children how to use different words accurately. Word lists and features on rhyming and onomatopoeic words will inspire creative writing and poetry.

Easy-to-use and brightly illustrated, it is theperfect thesaurus for boosting vocabulary and creating confident young writers. Also available in durable hardback format and an ideal companion to the new updated edition of the Oxford Junior Illustrated Dictionary. Go online at www.oxfordschooldictionaries.com for the accompanying free downloadableactivities.

This is a real thesaurus for all chiddlers and even some adult human beans. It features hundreds of spliffling words used and created by the world's best storyteller, Roald Dahl, together with useful synonyms, related words and phrases, idioms and word origins. Cleverly organised into phizz-whizzing themes, from vegitibbles to outer space, it is easy to find new and interesting words while you are writing.

Be inspired by the special WRITING HUT pages to craft your own brain-boggling creatures and characters, just like Roald Dahl. This mischievous thesaurus captures Oxford University Press's language expertise and mixes it with the magic of Roald Dahl. Whether telling curdbloodling stories or imagining bugswallop, you will soon be using the Oxford Roald Dahl Thesaurus as your golden ticket to dream!

Ένας εύκολος και ευχάριστος τρόπος για να πλουτίσουν τα παιδιά το λεξιλόγιό τους στα αγγλικά αλλά και τις γνώσεις τους! Περιέχει πάνω από χίλιες αγγλικές και ελληνικές λέξεις, εικόνες που εντυπώνονται στο μυαλό για όλες τις λέξεις και μεγάλη ποικιλία θεμάτων, από τους ανθρώπους, τα σπίτια, τον αθλητισμό και τη διασκέδαση, έως τον κόσμο των ζώων και των φυτών, το περιβάλλον και το διάστημα. Το βιβλίο είναι ιδανικό για παιδιά που μαθαίνουν ελληνικά και αγγλικά παράλληλα ή ξεκινούν την εκμάθηση των αγγλικών από μικρή ηλικία.