This pocket-sized thesaurus is designed for children aged 11 and upwards. It contains 150,000 similar and related words and clear cross-references to words with opposite meanings. Additional lists of words relating to main entries covering a range of subjects from aircraft to signs of the zodiac are also included, with examples of how words are used in context.

 

This book is aimed at the following children: primary school, secondary school .

There are 576 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 1996 by Oxford University Press .

Della Thompson is Senior Editor in the English Dictionary Department, 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.