Oxford Junior Thesaurus Book

Word classes and example sentences are given to support your students' selection of synonyms. This work includes extra vocabulary panels on topic words plus overused words; links to NLS word and sentence level requirements for KS1 and KS2; two thousand headwords selected for their high-frequency use in user age group; thousands of synonyms, given in order of frequency/use, to help children choose words appropriately; example sentences that show synonyms in context - particularly useful where synonyms have different grammar to the headword; 2 colour design to increase clarity of layout and highlight features, plus colour virtual alphabet tab; an introduction on how to use the thesaurus effectively; feature entries that include words that are frequently used in the context of the headword. Eg. Horse - to canter, to gallop. Sheila Dignen is a well-published lexicographer of children's dictionaries and thesauruses. Sheila is the author also of the "Oxford Junior Dictionary" (published 2003) and the "Oxford Illustrated Junior Dictionary" (also 2003).