Oxford Children’s Dictionary

The Oxford Children’s Dictionary is illustrated in colour and aimed at readers at KS2, YR3-6 and P4-7 fo Scotland.

* 20,000 colour headwords

* 150 colour illustrations

* Pronunciation guides for difficult words eg. guerilla, ricochet

* Information on word origins eg. rickshaw

* No confusing abbreviations – word classes (parts of speech) and inflections written in full

* Usage help to encourage accurate of language

* Up-to-date example sentences and phrases show how words are used in context

* Useful introduction and key on how to get the best out of the dictionary