Most Popular Books by Oxford Dictionaries

An important new edition of the bestselling Oxford Mini School Thesaurus, with new words on contemporary topics such as technology, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic. Focused coverage of words, synonyms and antonyms help to improve writing skills, for creative writing and non-fiction. Essential spelling, grammar and punctuation support and compact size makes it perfect for progress from primary to secondary school. For free downloadable activity worksheets, go to www.oxfordschooldictionaries.com.

The Oxford Children''s Maths and Science Words includes more than 600 first science and maths words, as well as computing words, explained clearly and in alphabetical order. Matched to the curriculum, it is full of colourful illustrations and simple definitions to make learning new words fun and easy.

Easy-to-use illustrated thesaurus, with thousands of entries, synonyms, photographs and artworks to support children''s writing at home.

Everybody Up is a seven-level course that motivates children by linking the English classroom to the wider world.Everybody Up encourages children to use language in a natural and meaningful way by connecting English to their own lives. Colorful cross-curricular lessons link English to other school subjects. Fun stories teach life lessons such as being kind and polite. Great songs, and the special Everybody UpFriends, motivate children to practice English - even at home! The Everybody Up Global Sing-along links your classroom to the wider world.

An easy-to-use thesaurus containing 120,000 up-to-date synonyms and antonyms.

This major new edition of the Oxford Junior Illustrated Dictionary has a contemporary, bright, child-friendly design. There are over 400 new 3D illustrations, photographs, diagrams and full appendices to build vocabulary. Accessible and easy to use, written to ensure meanings are clear, parts of speech and inflections are given in full.

With a clear, colour layout, this is a dictionary with a difference. It covers all the grammar terms required for the KS3 curriculum, punctuation marks and when to use them, and spelling rules, tips and examples. New for this edition is a section on vocabulary and usage which provides perfect support for building language in context and improving writing skills in secondary school. Finally, there is an alphabetical dictionary of tricky spellings with hints and tips on how to avoid making common spelling mistakes. These words are chosen using analysis of real children''s writing in the Oxford Children''s Corpus. This unique dictionary is a valuable resource for exam preparation, including GCSEs. Online activities provide easy practice at home or can be usedas part of lesson starters and homework. For free downloadable activity worksheets, go to www.oxfordschooldictionaries.com.

Simple and easy to use on a daily basis, this neat vocabulary book provides 1,000 top French words in manageable chunks. Over 40 pages of themed vocabulary lists are based on the curriculum and topics useful for school and for travel, from basic colours and numbers to ordering meals in a restaurant. Each word is set in a sentence to give context and full English translations are provided for all words and phrases. The next section provides help with essential grammar including verbs, tenses, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, question words, etc. The third and final section provides sample questions and answers on common topics like telling the time and talking about family and friends, for support with spoken French and conversation. Fun activities at the end of each section help to reinforce the essential vocabulary and language support provided in the book.

Based on a vast database of over 100 million words, this dictionary focuses on words users most commonly encounter, omitting those words rarely seen.

This major new edition of the Oxford First Dictionary has been designed to inspire an early love of words. Specially written to be perfectly accessible to first readers, with inspiring modern 3D images on every spread. Children will find it fun to explore and easy to find the words they need fast!

Simple and easy to use on a daily basis, this neat vocabulary book provides 1,000 top Spanish words in manageable chunks. Over 40 pages of themed vocabulary lists are based on the curriculum and topics useful for school and for travel, from basic colours and numbers to ordering meals in a restaurant. Each word is set in a sentence to give context and full English translations are provided for all words and phrases. The next section provides help with essential grammar including verbs, tenses, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, question words, etc. The third and final section provides sample questions and answers on common topics like telling the time and talking about family and friends, for support with spoken Spanish and conversation. Fun activities at the end of each section help to reinforce the essential vocabulary and language support provided in the book.

Over 45,000 synonyms, age-appropriate examples and opposites make this an ideal thesaurus for homework help for children aged 8+. Key features are picked out: Overused Words panels at words such as "nice" and "good" give appropriate alternatives; Word Webs provide related words for projectwork - such as at "bird": types of birds, parts of a birds body, sounds made by birds and words for groups of birds; Writing Tips provide tips and even more vocabulary for writing.The new Creative Writing supplement shows how to create words using prefixes and suffixes, how to use idioms and similies and other was to make your writing effective and powerful. Compiled using the Oxford Children''s Corpus, it reflects children''s vocabulary and delivers support and help where it''sneeded.

This edition of the Oxford Color Italian Dictionary Plus has up-to-date coverage of essential Italian, updated cultural notes, a ''Words you must know'' section, games, and grammar help - all in a portable, durable format.

The new Oxford Children''s French-English Visual Dictionary is ideal for learning thousands of French words for a range of topics from the human body to the environment. With illustrated items and engaging scenes labelled in both French and English, it is easy to learn the word you were looking for - and a whole lot more!

The new Oxford Children''s Visual Welsh-English Dictionary is ideal for learning thousands of Welsh words for a range of topics from the human body to the environment. With illustrated items and engaging scenes labelled in both Welsh and English, it is easy to learn the word you were looking for - and a whole lot more!

The new look Oxford Student''s Thesaurus is the perfect companion to the Oxford Student''s Dictionary. It contains thousands of synonyms to widen vocabulary, useful tinted panels that give help with overused words, grammar and usage notes, and extra vocabulary on key subject areas to help the secondary students prepare effectively for exams.

A new, comprehensive Spanish dictionary with curriculum vocabulary, full verb tables and colour supplement with useful phrases. It fulfils OCR exam requirements and can be taken in to exams. Key words are highlighted to prepare for exams, cultural information is given, as well as extra support for tricky language issues.

The new Oxford Children''s Spanish-English Visual Dictionary is ideal for learning thousands of Spanish words for a range of topics from the human body to the environment. With illustrated items and engaging scenes labelled in both Spanish and English, it is easy to learn the word you were looking for - and a whole lot more!

The Oxford Mini School Spanish Dictionary comes in a handy mini format and is ideal for use in the classroom or at home, with excellent curriculum vocabulary coverage, verb tables with English translations, and cultural information and phrases on Spanish life that is especially useful for going on holiday.

The new Oxford Children''s Cornish-English Visual Dictionary is ideal for learning thousands of Cornish words for a range of topics from the human body to the environment. With illustrated items and engaging scenes labelled in both Cornish (using SWF) and English, it is easy to learn the word you were looking for - and a whole lot more!

The Oxford Mini School French Dictionary comes in a handy mini format and is ideal for use in the classroom or at home, with excellent curriculum vocabulary coverage, verb tables with English translations, and cultural information and phrases on French life that is especially useful for going on holiday.

The new Oxford Children''s Irish-English Visual Dictionary is ideal for learning thousands of Irish words for a range of topics from the human body to the environment. With illustrated items and engaging scenes labelled in both Irish and English, it is easy to learn the word you were looking for - and a whole lot more!

An easy-to-use dictionary containing 90,000 up-to-date words, phrases, and definitions.

Simple and easy to use on a daily basis, this neat spelling book provides 3000 words for each year, from age 9 through to 11 years, in manageable chunks. 5-a-day plus extra to consolidate makes learning to spell tricky words easy. Using the Oxford Children''s Corpus to target words thatchildren most frequently misspell, along with the Primary Curriculum spelling lists, children will learn all the words they need to spell correctly - for life.

This is a real dictionary, full of words written by the world''s best storyteller. Look up words that Roald Dahl used in his stories - both everyday words and his own inventions. Find out what they mean, where they came from and see how he used them. The Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary will inspire you o choose and use each and every word brilliantly in your own writing - whether it''s a real word, a Roald Dahl word or your own made-up one!