8+ (Year 3-4, KS2). The Oxford Children's Dictionary is illustrated in colour and aimed at readers at KS2, YR3-6 and P4-7 fo Scotland. There are 20,000 colour headwords, 150 colour illustrations, pronunciation guides for difficult words (eg. guerilla, ricochet), information on word origins (eg. rickshaw) and no confusing abbreviations - word classes (parts of speech) and inflections are written in full. In addition, there's help to encourage accurate use of language: up-to-date example sentences and phrases show how words are used in context. A useful introduction and key show how to get the best out of the dictionary.
