OXFORD CHILDREN'S DICTIONARY NEW ED 00

by Alan Spooner (Editor), Alan Spooner (Editor), John Weston (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2000

  $9.95

  The Oxford Children's Dictionary is a new edition with completely new, up-to-date text to take young readers into the new millennium! Specially written for this age group, its important features are: - 20 000 headwords in colour - 150 new colour illustrations - Extensive coverage of core vocabulary - Information on word origins given for the first time - Written in a clear style with definitions children can understand and with example sentences playing a key role - Naturalness of examples supported by British National Corpus - Meets the new school curriculum requirements - Extensively trialled and tested in schools - Durable sewn binding

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  Hardcover
  2003

  $3.76

  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. guerrilla, 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