Oxford Children's Dictionaries 2015

Helping children succeed across core school subjects

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Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Five spellings a day for primary school children ○ Carefully-levelled spelling lists, for beginners to the top of primary plus creative ideas to embed and reinforce. ○ Includes core vocabulary as specified by the national curriculum. ○ Over 3,000 words in each book.

AGE 7–9 P/b • 978-0-19-274321-3 • £4.99 JUN 2015

AGE 9–11 P/b • 978-0-19-274322-0 • £4.99 JUN 2015

○ Includes high frequency everyday words as well as challenging words that children need help to spell, as identified by our language research using the Oxford Children’s Corpus.

All Year 6 pupils are required to sit an English grammar, punctuation, and spelling test.

At secondary schools, students’ GCSE grades in English, History, Geography, and Religious Studies depend, in part, on their ability to spell accurately, use punctuation correctly, and write grammatically.

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NEW EDITION

AGE 7+

AGE 11+

AGE 7+

P/b • 978-0-19-273421-1 • £10.99

P/b • 978-0-19-274537-8 • £10.99

Cards • 978-0-19-273897-4 • £6.99 inc. VAT

○ An accessible reference book of clearly presented grammar, punctuation, and spelling help.

○ An invaluable guide for students to correct and improve their spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

○ 55 flashcards with a challenge on one side and a clear answer and explanation on the other.

○ Easy-to-use, quick look-up list of common tricky words, targeting the words primary school children find most difficult to spell.

○ Quick access word list of tricky and everyday spellings.

○ How to Use card for ideas and games to make practice fun.

○ Help with spelling, punctuation, and grammar rules to get it right every time.

○ Carefully levelled to progress children through the terminology and stages of the primary curriculum.

○ Fully updated to match the new primary curriculum.

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Creative writing

AGE 7–13 P/b • 978-0-19-274352-7 • £9.99 MAY 2015

Awaken the author in every child, unlocking their story ideas and giving them hints and tips to create their own stories ○ Written in a fun, engaging, and inspirational style. ○ Includes how to write in different genres, choosing a title, ending your story, and writing powerful sentences using metaphors, similes, and idioms. ○ Draws on the findings of the Oxford Children’s Corpus, our database of children’s language.

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In the primary curriculum, children are taught to develop their own ideas in writing, with an emphasis on the value of writing to communicate with others, to create imaginary worlds, to explore experience, and to organise and explain information.

Oxford Dictionaries: helping children succeed as readers and writers

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AGE 7+

AGE 5+

AGE 7+

P/b • 978-0-19-273754-0 • £6.99

P/b • 978-0-19-273559-1 • £7.99

○ Creative writing supplement with top writing tips from best-selling children’s authors Jacqueline Wilson, Jeremy Strong, Charlie Higson, and Andy Stanton.

○ Help children to write their own poetry, raps, songs, and rhyming stories, developing their phonic, spelling, and independent writing skills.

○ Simple meanings and clear definitions to help children find the correct meaning and use of words.

P/b • 978-0-19-273558-4 • £9.99

○ Extensive lists of words and sounds that rhyme plus engaging creative writing activities. ○ Featuring wacky, cheeky, and funny poems by the well-known children’s poet John Foster. ○ Humorous, colourful, and quirky illustrations throughout.

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The Essential Collection AGE 5+

AGE 7+

AGE 8+

Dictionaries H/b • 978-0-19-273259-0 • £12.99 P/b • 978-0-19-273260-6 • £10.99

H/b • 978-0-19-273263-7 • £12.99

H/b • 978-0-19-275683-1 • £11.99 P/b • 978-0-19-275684-8 • £9.99

H/b • 978-0-19-275685-5 • £12.99 P/b • 978-0-19-275686-2 • £10.99

H/b • 978-0-19-275689-3 • £12.99

Thesauruses

H/b • 978-0-19-273261-3 • £12.99 P/b • 978-0-19-273262-0 • £9.99

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AGE 10+

AGE 11+

AGE 14+

H/b • 978-0-19-273264-4 • £12.99 P/b • 978-0-19-275693-0 • £7.99

H/b • 978-0-19-275698-5 • £10.99 P/b • 978-0-19-275699-2 • £8.99

H/b • 978-0-19-275702-9 • £12.99 P/b • 978-0-19-275703-6 • £9.99

H/b • 978-0-19-275690-9 • £12.99 P/b • 978-0-19-275694-7 • £7.99

H/b • 978-0-19-275700-5 • £10.99 P/b • 978-0-19-275701-2 • £8.99

P/b • 978-0-19-275704-3 • £9.99

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NEW EDITION

NEW EDITION

AGE 8+

AGE 8+

H/b • 978-0-19-274401-2 • £9.99 MAY 2015

H/b • 978-0-19-274402-9 • £9.99 MAY 2015

Perfect for homework help ○ Over 30,000 headwords, meanings, and examples. ○ Illustrated throughout. ○ New homework help supplement. ○ Over 45,000 synonyms, opposites, and examples.

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○ Overused words, word webs, and writing tips give extra vocabulary support. ○ New supplement to help with creative writing as well as writing for different purposes.

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Phonics

AGE 5+ P/b • 978-0-19-273413-6 • £9.99

A unique dictionary where words are ordered by phonic sounds A Phonics Screening Check is taken by all children in Year 1 in England each summer term.

○ Makes it easy to explain how ‘sun’ and ‘Cinderella’ both start with an ‘s’ sound, and how ‘dance’ has the same ‘s’ sound at the end. ○ Features Biff, Chip, Kipper, and Floppy the dog, the much- loved characters from the Oxford Reading Tree, used in over 80% of UK primary schools.

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For the very first time – a colour, illustrated dictionary of Shakespearean words and meanings aimed at 11–16 year olds ○ From renowned English language experts and Shakespeareans David Crystal and Ben Crystal. ○ 4000+ difficult Shakespearean words and meanings clearly explained. ○ 1500+ highlighted notes on meanings, language, and theatre help to provide historical contexts. ○ 24 full-colour illustrated thematic pages on feature topics from clothes and armour to maps, music, and occupations in Shakespearean times.

AGE 11+ Flexi • 978-0-19-273750-2 • £12.99 APR 2015

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AGE 8+

Help children build their vocabulary through a fascinating subject – animals!

P/b • 978-0-19-273757-1 • £10.99 JUN 2015

○ Highly illustrated spreads with 3D artwork, labelled with over 1,500 words. ○ Organised by animal habitats, from rainforest to life in the ocean, with maps and panels giving more detailed vocabulary. ○ Animals are grouped together along with their young. ○ Includes an Animal Detective quiz that takes readers back into the book to find the answers.

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Foreign Languages

Language learning for primary pupils ○ Bilingual dictionaries introducing key vocabulary arranged by theme, including food, sport, animals, travel, colours, and more. ○ Visually stunning, with over 1,500 illustrations labelled in both languages.

Also Available

AGE 8+ P/b • 978-0-19-273372-6 • £9.99

AGE 8+ P/b • 978-0-19-273373-3 • £9.99

Cornish-English Children’s Visual Dictionary 978-0-19-273560-7 • £9.99 Irish-English Children’s Visual Dictionary 978-0-19-273561-4 • £9.99 Scottish Gaelic-English Children’s Visual Dictionary 978-0-19-273562-1 • £9.99 Welsh-English Children’s Visual Dictionary 978-0-19-273563-8 • £9.99

AGE 8+ P/b • 978-0-19-273755-7 • £10.99 JUN 2015

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AGE 8+ P/b • 978-0-19-273756-4 • £10.99 JUN 2015

Foreign languages are compulsory at Key Stage 2.

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Foreign Languages

Ideal for KS3 and GCSE exam success

AGE 11+ P/b • 978-0-19-912745-0 • £9.99

AGE 11+ P/b • 978-0-19-912746-7 • £9.99

○ Clear translations, easy to find, and key curriculum vocabulary covered. ○ Verb tables with English translations for real support with tenses. ○ Full-colour centre section that gives cultural information and language tips for additional support.

AGE 11+ P/b • 978-0-19-912747-4 • £9.99

For a wider range of bilingual dictionaries from Oxford Children’s Dictionaries, contact your sales representative using the contact details on the back of this booklet.

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Maths and Science

○ 300 first maths words explained, with full-colour, fun illustrations for each word.

AGE 5+

○ 300 first science words explained, with full-colour, fun illustrations for each word.

AGE 5+

P/b • 978-0-19-273352-8 • £7.99

P/b • 978-0-19-273354-2 • £7.99

○ Comprehensive coverage of science curriculum words.

○ Comprehensive coverage of maths curriculum words. ○ Extra help on mathematical symbols, tables, and formulae.

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○ A special section on the human body, classification of animals, and the solar system.

AGE 7+

AGE 7+

P/b • 978-0-19-273353-5 • £8.99

P/b • 978-0-19-273355-9 • £8.99

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Visit www.oxfordchildrens.co.uk/dictionaries for: ○ A huge range of free worksheets to accompany our dictionaries and thesauruses, including: – Hundreds of word activities, including spelling, punctuation, and grammar activities – French and Spanish activities – Maths activities – Science activities. ○ Free audio files to accompany our bilingual First Words books. ○ Information about our unique children’s language database, the Oxford Children’s Corpus, which powers our dictionary range and helps us keep our publishing up-to-date.

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Contact Details For ordering, or additional information, please contact your OUP representative or: Tel: 01536 452640 Fax: 01536 454523 Email: tradeadmin.uk@oup.com

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