The Oxford Illustrated Junior Thesaurus

by OUP (Author), Alan Spooner (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1999

  $5.79

  Aimed at children aged 7+, this is an illustrated first thesaurus to help develop writing skills and increase word-power. Forms a companion volume to The Oxford Illustrated Junior Dictionary. The text has been taken from The Oxford Junior Thesaurus.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.25

  This illustrated dictionary contains 10,000 words and phrases in colour, with age appropriate meanings and over 300 photographs and illustrations. There is also a Supplement focusing on word origins, prefixes and suffixes. Opposites are given to encourage vocabulary building. Topic entries give words connected to a subject for project work eg. farm. There are no confusing abbreviations. There are up-to-date example sentences and phrases that show how words are used in context. There is a useful introduction and key on how to get the best out of the thesaurus.