Oxford children's dictionary ([New] ed)

The "Oxford Children's Dictionary" is illustrated in colour and aimed at readers at KS2, YR3-6 and P4-7 for Scotland.

It includes: 20,000 colour headwords; 150 colour illustrations; pronunciation guides for difficult words eg. guerilla, ricochet; information on word origins eg. rickshaw; no confusing abbreviations - word classes (parts of speech) and inflections written in full; usage help to encourage accuracy of language; up-to-date example sentences and phrases to show how words are used in context; and useful introduction and key on how to get the best out of the dictionary.