Oxford Childrens Dictionary

Over 30,000 words, with clear and accessible meanings and age-appropriate example sentences, make this an ideal dictionary for helping children aged 8+ with homework. Each letter opens with a fun word fact and there are colour illustrations throughou t. For example, did you know that ´almost´ is one of the longest words with all the letters in alphabetical order? Compiled using the Oxford Children´s Corpus, this new edition of the Oxford Children´s Dictionary delivers support and help where it i s needed. New to this edition is a supplement that gives top things to know about spelling, as well as about punctuation marks and how grammar can help make writing easy and effective.