Over 45,000 synonyms, with age-appropriate examples and 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' and '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 and the words for groups of birds along with some illustrations of birds; Writing Tips that offer advice and even more vocabulary for writing, e.g. 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 and help where it is needed.
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Oxford Dictionaries Imprint: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 220mm,
Width: 158mm,
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 525g ISBN:9780192744029 ISBN 10: 019274402X Pages: 288 Publication Date:21 May 2015 Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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Children / Juvenile
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Teenage / Young adult
Format:Mixed media product Publisher's Status: Active
