Presents an illustrated English dictionary with rhyming words, synonyms, word origins, and sentences as examples, and includes Roald Dahl's invented words and explanations of their meanings.
The Oxford Primary Thesaurus now has informative illustrations in a bold new contemporary design. It gives a broad vocabulary, thousands of synonyms and example sentences to help children make the best word choice. Writing tips and topic panels support children at the top of Primary school, and will enable them to enrich their language and writing.
Dae Sweetieraptors Eat Broon Rice? is a funny and warm poem about all kinds of amazing dinosaurs with Scots names. Although aimed at young children from pre-school to lower primary, its humour will appeal to readers of all ages. Among those the bairns will meet are Sweetieraptors, Wheechosaurs, Clartydactyls and the spiky Jaggiesaurus. The beautiful illustrations bring the words alive, to create a book that will be returned to again and again as a source of pleasure and learning for both children and adults alike.
Explore the alphabet and Scots language with some favourite animal friends and find out if a crocodile can keep his claes clean and what it means to be 'airm in airm' with an aardvark!