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 ...

Over 30000 words with clear & accessible meanings & age-appropriate example sentences make this an ideal dictionary for helping children aged 8 with homework Each letter opens with a fun word fact & there are colour illustrations throughout 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 & help where it is needed New to this edition is a supplement that gives top things to know about spelling as well as about punctuation marks & how grammar can help make writing easy & effective ...

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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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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With over 100000 words & phrases the Oxford Crossword Dictionary is the crossword enthusiast's key to success Words & phrases are arranged by word length & alphabetically for easy look-up There are 12 main sections covering words from two to thirteen letters in length & a further section containing phrases The dictionary

Includes:: new words technical & foreign terms & up-to-the minute proper names The Oxford Crossword Dictionary has been compiled using the rich resources of Oxford's Dictionary Department & advised by the Guardian newspaper's crossword editor Hugh Stephenson who has also written the Foreword The design is clear & accessible for quick look-up & ease of use Together with the Oxford Puzzle Solver the Oxford Crossword Dictionary will ensure that crosswords get solved every time!

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