Special features of this thesaurus for junior users include headwords in blue to make them easier to find and cross-references to signpost other useful words. Antonyms are also provided to extend vocabulary further and panels give groups of related words to widen vocabulary. Parts of speech are shown to build grammatical skills and up-to-date sentences and phrases show words used in context.

 

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 304 pages in this book. It is a dictionary. A dictionary is a single-volume or multivolume reference work containing brief explanatory entries for terms and topics related to a specific subject or field of inquiry, usually arranged alphabetically (example: Dictionary of Neuropsychology). The entries in a dictionary are usually shorter than those contained in an encyclopedia on the same subject, but the word "dictionary" is often used in the titles of works that should more appropriately be called encyclopedias (example: Dictionary of the Middle Ages in 13 volumes). This book was published 2002 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.