Inspire beginner writers with this handy thesaurus, packed with simple words and more advanced vocabulary to help young children write with confidence and style. With colourful pictures and organised by topic for easy reference, children can find words to describe feelings, food and drink, transport, hobbies, jobs, animals and much more.

An easy-to-use introduction to grammar and punctuation for young children, featuring sections on nouns, adjectives, punctuation, writing skills and more. With simple explanations, colourful illustrations and lots of examples throughout, plus quizzes, writing tips and links to specially selected websites with puzzles and videos.

Help your child meet their favourite dinosaurs face-to-face with First Dinosaur Encyclopedia. They'll discover where dinosaurs came from, how they lived and what happened to them as well as interesting facts like which was the tallest dinosaur and who laid the largest dinosaur egg. From unearthing fossils to well-known dinosaurs like Velociraptor and Tyrannosaurus rex, kids will love getting their teeth into this exciting encyclopedia. Perfect for homework or just for fun, let your child take a stomp into the prehistoric world!

An easy-to-use guide to grammar and punctuation with sections on nouns, pronouns, verbs, apostrophes, quotation marks and more. Clear explanations, fun illustrations and lively example sentences will help children develop their writing style and skills and there are short quizzes to test their knowledge. A useful reference book for home and school.

Expand and explore your vocabulary. Discover a whole new vocabulary and never be lost for words again, with this comprehensive and detailed illustrated children's thesaurus, with synonyms and antonyms for more than four thousand main entries. This beautifully illustrated thesaurus for kids aged 9 years old and older is packed with: - A comprehensive, illustrated thesaurus created specifically for young readers and writers - Authoritative content from Collins is given the DK treatment to make the pages lively and the words meaningful for children - Fun and fresh illustrated "word features" to explore and expand on vocabulary This colourful and insightful thesaurus contains more than four thousand entries, where each entry is supported by a definition and example sentence to help boost a child's confidence in using and choosing words. An imaginative mix of photography and illustration gives the book great visual appeal and is the perfect book for children who enjoy words; or who need a little extra help or encouragement with their English vocabulary. Each entry provides information about each headword: the word type (e.g. noun); definition; example sentence; list of synonyms; further (more advanced) synonyms and antonyms. It also includes synonyms from Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, and the US. The Children's Illustrated Thesaurus is not only a fun and vibrant educational tool for children but is also perfect for educators looking for a learning tool to inspire vocabulary development. Expand your library collection and pair this exciting learning tool with DK's ever-popular Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

New edition of the Oxford Junior Illustrated Thesaurus with thousands of synonyms, writing tips, overused words and word webs to build writing skills. Includes simple entries, word lists and features on rhyming and onomatopoeic words to inspire confident young writers. An easy-to-use and fun thesaurus full of words for brilliant creative writing. Features Thousands of synonyms, writing tips, overused words and word webs to build writing skills. Word lists and features on rhyming and onomatopoeic words to boost vocabulary and inspire creative writing. Clear accessible layout and engaging illustrations. Free online activities to build reading, comprehension and writing skills. Ideal companion for the Oxford Junior Illustrated Dictionary. Suitable for: Age 6-8, Year 3 & 4 / P 4 & 5

New edition of the Oxford Junior Illustrated Thesaurus with thousands of synonyms, writing tips, overused words and word webs to build writing skills. Includes simple entries, word lists and features on rhyming and onomatopoeic words to inspire confident young writers. An easy-to-use and fun thesaurus full of words for brilliant creative writing. Features Thousands of synonyms, writing tips, overused words and word webs to build writing skills. Word lists and features on rhyming and onomatopoeic words to boost vocabulary and inspire creative writing. Clear accessible layout and engaging illustrations. Free online activities to build reading, comprehension and writing skills. Ideal companion for the Oxford Junior Illustrated Dictionary. Suitable for: Age 6-8, Year 3 & 4 / P 4 & 5

This new 2012 edition of the Oxford Junior Illustrated Thesaurus features thousands of synonyms with new illustrations and photographs in a contemporary and easy-to-use design. Entries are simple and clear, and include example sentences to show the words in context. It is powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus, a unique electronic database of millions of words of writing for children. Writing tips on choosing the right word, character and setting vocabulary, and alternatives to words like 'nice' and 'good', are given to support young writers. Getting around the thesaurus is easy with the alphabet on every page, and coloured tabs highlighting the letter of the page. The Top 10 Tips for Writing Stories at the back are excellent. It is the ideal companion to the Oxford Junior Illustrated Dictionary.

This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of The Big Pancake is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+.

This charming book is just waiting to be filled with beautiful flower stickers. It includes colourful scenes of all kinds of gorgeous meadows, woodlands and gardens, all brimming with birds, bees, bugs and butterflies. With labels for the stickers, there's lots to learn and talk about.

Join the princesses for a busy day around the castle, as they walk in the gardens, have a tea party, get ready for the ball and dance under glittering chandeliers. With over 200 stickers to choose from, children can use their creativity and imagination to complete each colourful scene.

Butterflies, dragonflies, caterpillars, spiders - the world is full of amazing bugs of all shapes and sizes. Find out which ones live in jungles, deserts, swamps and gardens by adding over 170 stickers to the colourful scenes in this book. Includes simple facts, the names of all the bugs and links to recommended websites to find out more.

A colourful sticker book all about ballet, from attending ballet school to famous productions such as The Nutcracker and Coppelia. Children can add beautiful costumes and elegant dancers to bring some of the world’s most famous ballets to life with 140 stickers. Includes pages of ballet positions and famous ballet costumes, as well as backstage scenes. Perfect for any child just starting ballet classes or with an interest in dance.

Find out about different kinds of trees around the world, from mangroves and palms to monkey puzzles and oaks. Take a close look at their leaves, seeds and fruits and discover the amazing range of birds, animals and minibeasts that make trees their home.

Each double-page spread of this vibrant picture-word book is illustrated with a fascinating everyday scene. It is a perfect introduction to first words for young children.

A fantastic resource to help children boost their word power, both when writing and talking. Words and their synonyms are grouped in over 90 topics, including for example, animal words, noisy words, fairytale words, jobs, sports, monsters, weather and lots more. Children can choose a topic relevant for their story, or look for a word in the Word Finder index. Colourful pictures illustrate many of the word meanings, and there are writing tips, word games and internet links to other carefully chosen writing resources online.