PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9780192744029
- Categories Bestseller, BX, BXOS, C REF, Children's Books, Children's Reference, H/C, RM 20 - RM 39.99
- Author(s) Oxford Dictionaries
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Pages 288
- Format Hardcover
- Dimensions 15.8cm x 2.4cm x 22cm
- Weight 0.525 kg
product description
Over 45,000 synonyms, with age-appropriate examples and opposites, make this an ideal thesaurus to help children aged 8+ with homework. It features Overused Word panels that suggest alternatives to words like 'nice' and 'good'; Word Webs - ideal for project work - providing related words - for example 'bird' includes types of birds, parts of a bird's body, sounds made by birds and the words for groups of birds along with some illustrations of birds; Writing Tips that offer advice and even more vocabulary for writing, e.g. about how birds move - do they circle, flutter or perch? - or how to describe their feathers. Compiled using the Oxford Children's Corpus, the Oxford Children's Thesaurus delivers support and help where it is needed.