This new edition of the Oxford Junior Illustrated Dictionary features over 10,000 entries, in a clear and accessible design, with many new photographs and illustrations. Examples by well-known children's authors, such as Dick King-Smith, Jacqueline Wilson and Roald Dahl show the words actually in use to reinforce meaning. Unique to Oxford, they take children beyond looking up a word for spelling or meaning – and into thinking about reading and writing independently. 9780199115228 PB 272pp

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