This is a new edition with completely up-to-date text to take young readers into 2000. Specially written for 8 year olds and upwards it is an ideal companion to "The Oxford Children's Dictionary". Its main features are: 70,000 synonyms, similar and related words; headword entries in colour; headwords and examples carefully chosen to tie in with those in dictionary; extensive treatment of core vocabulary; naturalness of examples supported by British National Corpus; information organized clearly with the most useful words given first; concentrates on the main function of a thesaurus - not to explain hard words but to give alternatives for familiar words; meets the school curriculum requirements; and it has been extensively trialled and tested in schools.

 

There are 282 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 2000 by Oxford University Press .

About the Editor: Alan Spooner is the author of a number of dictionaries and reference books for adults and children, including the Oxford Children's Thesaurus, and The Oxford Study Thesaurus. Robert Allen was Editorial Director of Mensa Publications for ten years and a founder of Carlton Books' puzzle list. Published around the world, he has more than two dozen puzzle books to his credit. He lives close to Cambridge.