The Oxford Children's Thesaurus

by Alan Spooner (Editor), Alan Spooner (Editor), Robert Allen (Editor)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $3.26

  This is a new edition with completely up-to-date text to take young readers into 2000. Specially written for 8 year olds and upwards it is an ideal companion to The Oxford Children's Dictionary . Its main features are: 70,000 synonyms, similar and related words; headword entries in colour; headwords and examples carefully chosen to tie in with those in dictionary; extensive treatment of core vocabulary; naturalness of examples supported by British National Corpus; information organized clearly with the most useful words given first; concentrates on the main function of a thesaurus - not to explain hard words but to give alternatives for familiar words; meets the school curriculum requirements; and it has been extensively trialled and tested in schools.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $3.26

  The Oxford Children's Thesaurus 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 and an ideal companion to The Oxford Children's Dictionary , its major features are: - 70 000 synonyms, similar and related words - Headword entries in colour - Headwords and examples carefully chosen to tie in with those in Children's Dictionary - Extensive treatment of core vocabulary - Naturalness of examples supported by British National Corpus - Information organized clearly with the most useful words given first - Concentrates on the main function of a thesaurus: not to explain hard words but to give alternatives for familiar words - Meets the new school curriculum requirements - Extensively trialled and tested in schools - Durable sewn binding