The xford Mini School Dictionary & Thesaurus is the ideal one-volume quick reference tool for the school bag. It is the only one of its kind for students ten years plus ideal for primary school leavers about to start secondary school. Each page has the dictionary entries at the top with the companion thesaurus entries at the bottom making it easy to find the right words quickly. The dictionary contains clear simple definitions up-to-date example sentences & support on spelling grammar & punctuation. The thesaurus provides thousands of up-to-date synonyms alternative words & a special supplement on tricky words confusable words & overused words. It is powered by the Oxford Childrens Corpus a unique electronic database of millions of words of writing for children. The clear & accessible design headwords in colour the alphabet down the side of every page & the matching dictionary & thesaurus entries on the same page make navigation easy. Plus for free downloadable word games puzzles & activities go online to the www.oxforddictionaries.com/schools website.