Author(s): Collins Dictionaries
No. of Pages: 280 pages
Date Published: 31 Aug 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback | 280 pages
Dimensions: 190 x 244 x 18mm | 559.99g
Language: English
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Illustrations: Illustrations (black and white)

A best-selling illustrated dictionary for children aged 6 and over with full sentence definitions and child-friendly example sentences, along with beautiful colourful illustrations and photographs, colour headwords and an A-Z on every page.


Especially written to support the needs of children aged 6 to 8, introducing key dictionary features such as parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective or adverb) and other forms of a word, for example plurals or past tense of a verb.


The clear and spacious layout, guide words at the top of each page plus the A-Z 'tab' index on each page ensure that the dictionary is child-friendly. Bright, colourful illustrations and photographs support language learning and make it fun.


Full sentence definitions and example sentences show the headword used in a context familiar to children.


The Collins Word Wizard supplement gives extra help with vocabulary through illustrated word topic pages, and support for writing including grammar, punctuation and spelling tips.