What are you looking for? Adventure! Excitement! Fun! Friendship! Join in the delights & disasters on the riverbank with Mole & his new friends With sensible Ratty wise Badger fun-loving Toad & the dastardly stoats & weasles there's never a dull moment! Oxford Children's Classics present not only the original & unabridged story of The Wind in the Willows in a stunning new edition but also help you to discover a whole world of new adventures with a vast assortment of recommendations & activities ...

What are you looking for? Friendship! Fantasy! Adventure! Excitement! Dorothy & her friends know there's only one person who can help make their wishes come true & that's the Wizard But as they set off to find him the Wicked Witch is never far behind Oxford Children's Classics present not only the original & unabridged story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in a stunning new edition but also help you to discover a whole world of new adventures with a vast assortment of recommendations & activities ...

Set sail on a swashbuckling adventure Danger! pirates! excitement! action! Join Jim Hawkins as he sails the high seas aboard the Hispaniola in search of lost treasure Oxford Children's Classics present not only the original & unabridged story of Treasure Island but also help you to discover a whole world of new adventures with an amazing assortment of recommendations & activities ...

If you love a good story then look no further Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told They're books to treasure & return to again & again Tomboy Katy Carr dreams of one day being 'beautiful & beloved & amiable as an angel' For now though she is dishevelled untidy & always getting into mischief But when a terrible accident threatens Katy's grand plans for the future she must draw on her good humour & courage to see her through This charming classic story with its endearing central character is the latest addition to the Oxford Children's Classics series ...

New edition! The Oxford Children's Colour Dictionary is clear & colourful ideal for reference homework help & exploring language With simple meanings & clear definitions children can expand their vocabulary & check their spelling with ease The design is bright & accessible with the full alphabet on every page to make finding words easy & illustrations to bring words to life Helpful information on how to use words word families & compounds words aids both children's spelling & their understanding of language New for this edition is a supplement on spelling grammar & punctuation to support the curriculum & help with homework & specially written Top Writing Tips from the best-selling children's authors Charlie Higson Andy Stanton Jeremy Strong & Jacqueline Wilson help young writers get started The Oxford Children's Colour Dictionary is the perfect handy dictionary for reading writing & spelling both at home & at school For lots of downloadable games puzzles activities & much more go to wwwoxforddicitonariescomschools ...

With thousands of words from a variety of topics the new Oxford Children's French-English Visual Dictionary gives students learning & using French the best reading & writing support It contains a range of topics grouped under main headings such as People & Homes Food & Clothing School & Work Sport & Leisure Art Music & Entertainment Transport Animals & Plants Planet Earth & the Environment & Space Each topic

Includes:: a short introductory text given in both French & English plus over 20 bright modern illustrations labelled in both French & English There are over 1500 illustrations throughout The illustrations feature engaging children characters & the topics are familiar & appropriate to the primary curriculum Introductions to the language & how to get the most out of the dictionary along with pages on opposites numbers time & calendar words plus full indexes in both French & English make this Dictionary easy & fun to use

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The Oxford Children's Rhyming Dictionary is the perfect tool to help children write their own poetry The alphabetical list of words that rhyme & index of sounds make it simple to find a rhyme as well as reinforcing spelling skills These are accompanied by lively illustrations & lots of amusing & inspiring poems by John Foster At the back of the book are engaging activities which explain many types of rhymes from raps & chants to limericks & couplets to help children understand different varieties of poetry These are combined with activities tips & prompts which encourage children to get writing their own verse! Developing language & creative writing skills & directly supporting the curriculum's emphasis on reading & writing poetry the Oxford Children's Rhyming Dictionary is the essential guide to rhyme for children in primary school For lots of downloadable games puzzles activities & much more go to wwwoxforddictionariescomschools ...

With thousands of words from a variety of topics the new Oxford Children's Spanish-English Visual Dictionary gives students learning & using Spanish the best reading & writing support It contains a range of topics grouped under main headings such as People & Homes Food & Clothing School & Work Sport & Leisure Art Music & Entertainment Transport Animals & Plants Planet Earth & the Environment & Space Each topic

Includes:: a short introductory text given in both Spanish & English plus over 20 bright modern illustrations labelled in both Spanish & English There are over 1500 illustrations throughout The illustrations feature engaging children characters & the topics are familiar & appropriate to the primary curriculum Introductions to the language & how to get the most out of the dictionary along with pages on opposites numbers time & calendar words plus full indexes in both Spanish & English make this Dictionary easy & fun to use

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Over 45000 synonyms with age-appropriate examples & opposites make this an ideal thesaurus to help children aged 8 with homework It features Overused Word panels that suggest alternatives to words like 'nice' & 'good'; Word Webs
- ideal for project work
- providing related words
- for example 'bird'

Includes:: types of birds parts of a bird's body sounds made by birds & the words for groups of birds along with some illustrations of birds; Writing Tips that offer advice & even more vocabulary for writing eg about how birds move
- do they circle flutter or perch?
- or how to describe their feathers Compiled using the Oxford Children's Corpus the Oxford Children's Thesaurus delivers support & help where it is needed






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By far the largest & most up-to-date single-volume English-Chinese & Chinese-English dictionary available & endorsed by academics worldwide the Oxford Chinese Dictionary has been designed both for English speakers learning Mandarin Chinese & Mandarin Chinese speakers learning English It has been produced using the latest lexicographic methods & the unique dictionary resources of Oxford University Press in Oxford & Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press in Beijing together with an international body of expert advisors The Oxford Chinese Dictionary contains over 300000 words & phrases & 370000 translations including the latest vocabulary from computing business the media & the arts & tens of thousands of example phrases illustrating key points of construction & usage There are over 300 cultural notes giving essential information about many aspects of life & culture in the Chinese- & English-speaking worlds The dictionary is based throughout on corpus research for both English & Chinese providing up-to-date evidence on real language The English is based on the Oxford English Corpus & the Chinese draws on the LIVAC corpus from the City University of Hong Kong Extensive supplementary material

Includes:: sample letters & emails guides to telephoning & text messaging in both Chinese & English chronologies of Chinese history & culture & features on particularly difficult aspects of the Chinese language such as kinship terms & measure words There are also over 50 pages of lexical & usage notes which contain helpful extra information about Chinese & English The organization & layout have been designed for maximum clarity & accessibility All Chinese headwords & compounds are shown with Pinyin transcriptions so that the learner of Chinese can pronounce each one correctly Chinese headwords are given in Simplified Chinese characters but Traditional Chinese character versions are also given in brackets after the headwords when they differ from the Simplified form All the English headwords are also shown with phonetics so that the learner of English can pronounce each one correctly The Chinese-English section of the dictionary is organised alphabetically by Pinyin & there is also a radical index which means that you can look up a character without knowing its Pinyin form

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