Description

Over 45,000 synonyms, with age-appropriate examples and opposites, make this an ideal thesaurus to help children aged 8+ with homework. It features Overused Word panels that suggest alternatives to words like nice and good ; Word Webs – ideal for project work – providing related words – for example bird includes types of birds, parts of a bird s body, sounds made by birds and the words for groups of birds along with some illustrations of birds; Writing Tips that offer advice and even more vocabulary for writing, e.g. about how birds move – do they circle, flutter or perch? – or how to describe their feathers. Compiled using the Oxford Children s Corpus, the Oxford Children s Thesaurus delivers support and help where it is needed.