Publisher's Synopsis
For children aged 6 and over, this best-selling illustrated dictionary contains full sentence definitions and child-friendly example sentences as well as colourful illustrations and photographs, colour headwords and an A-Z on every page.
Part of the leading Children's Dictionary range from Collins, Collins Junior Dictionary has been especially written to support the language and literacy needs of children aged 6+.
This thoroughly up-to-date dictionary supports National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy objectives and key vocabulary, and includes vocabulary for cross-curricular subjects such as science and geography. Special topic sections at the end of the dictionary provide even more support.
The dictionary introduces key dictionary features such as showing 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, spacious layout, colour headwords, guidewords at the top of each page plus the A-Z on each page ensure that the dictionary is easy-to-use. Bright, colourful illustrations and photographs support language learning.
Full sentence definitions and example sentences show the headword used in a context familiar to children.
