With its fresh new look the Oxford Junior Thesaurus gives children starting KS2 the best writing support. It contains entries in alphabetical order with thousands of imaginative synonyms with supporting example sentences. Many of them are age-appropriate citations from well-known children's authors such as Dick King-Smith Narinder Dhami Jacqueline Wilson & Roald Dahl. They show the words actually in use & will inspire budding writers to use language more effectively & independently. Tinted panels provide more help for better writing with related words on various topics & alternatives for overused words. This is powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus a unique electronic database of millions of words of writing for children. Extra material levelled to the curriculum for this age include tips for spelling success punctuation simple grammar character & setting vocabulary special features such as Top 10 Tips for Writing Stories & help with letter-writing including text messages. Navigation is made easy with the guide words & the full alphabet on every page with a coloured tab on the letter of the page. It is the ideal companion to the Oxford Junior Dictionary. For additional fun free word games puzzles & activities go online to the www.oxforddictionaries com/schools website.