Books by Oxford Dictionaries

The Oxford English Dictionary for Schools is carefully targeted to support secondary school students with their independent reference skills, to improve their spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and to build vocabulary.

This book will get you started on your writing journey. It gives practical advice on beating the fear of the blank page, plot structuring, choosing a viewpoint, creating characters, writing killer openings and perfect endings. It will support you as you start writing and keep you going through to getting people reading your stories.

An up-to-date new edition of this bestselling, comprehensive classroom classic, with new curriculum support. Focused coverage of words, synonyms and antonyms help to improve writing skills, for creative writing and non-fiction. Essential spelling, grammar and punctuation support makes it perfect for progress from primary to secondary school.

This new edition of the bestselling Oxford School Dictionary (hardback) has contemporary, comprehensive vocabulary coverage, example sentences, and fascinating word origins. The dictionary supports students with their language and spelling skills, and helps with the transition from primary to secondary.

The Oxford School Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar Dictionary is an invaluable guide to getting your spelling, punctuation and grammar right.

The Oxford Children's Maths and Science Words includes more than 600 first science and maths words, as well as computing words, explained clearly and in alphabetical order. Matched to the curriculum, it is full of colourful illustrations and simple definitions to make learning new words fun and easy.

Oxford Children's Rhyming Words is full of rhyming words, illustrations and poems. Creative writing, poetry, raps and lyrics are easy with the words in one place. Includes the words children need to spell at school and poems by John Foster and quirky illustrations inspire young writers to get started. An index to make finding words quick and easy.

The Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools is carefully targeted to support secondary school students with their creative writing, to extend vocabulary, improve spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and to inspire them to become confident writers.

The Oxford Student's Science Dictionary provides comprehensive revision and exam support to secondary school students. This fully updated new edition has more words to match the new curriculum requirements and the higher vocabulary expectations at GCSE and beyond. Its clear layout and helpful diagrams make it contemporary and easy to use.

The Oxford Student's Mathematics Dictionary provides comprehensive revision and exam support to secondary school students. This fully updated new edition has more words to match the new curriculum requirements and the higher vocabulary expectations at GCSE and beyond. Its clear layout and helpful diagrams make it contemporary and easy to use.

This is a phizz-whizzing thesaurus of words invented by No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl and hundreds of real synonyms gathered together in themes. It's jammed full of words, Quentin Blake's illustrations, and language snippets to inspire children to write about anything - from human beans to witches, to outer space, to food, giants and more!

A new illustrated alphabetical dictionary of key computing terms and concepts clearly explained, to support children aged 8-12 or act as a quick reference tool for parents and teachers. With around 1000 words and meanings and a thematic supplement on focus areas, it covers words from everyday computing to programming languages and coding.

This major new edition of the Oxford Junior Illustrated Dictionary has a contemporary, bright, child-friendly design. There are over 400 new 3D illustrations, photographs, diagrams and full appendices to build vocabulary. Accessible and easy to use, written to ensure meanings are clear, parts of speech and inflections are given in full.

Major new edition of the Oxford First Dictionary in durable hardback includes new words and more pages to extend vocabulary, improve spelling and support comprehension in the curriculum. Its accessible layout, illustrations and new supplement on spelling and grammar tips and activities, makes it the perfect first dictionary for home and school!

This major new edition of the Oxford Junior Illustrated Thesaurus has new contemporary 3D artwork, and a modern, accessible look and feel. Specially written by children's word experts, it will support young creative writers at school and at home.

This major new edition of the Oxford First Thesaurus will inspire an early love of words and creative writing. Specially written by children's word experts, it is fun and accessible to first readers and writers, with modern 3D images on every spread. Children will find it fun to explore and it will inspire them to use a wider range of words, fast!

A new practical guide to practise and embed vocabulary, essential grammar, and spoken language in Spanish, ideal for beginners and for making progress, in the classroom or on holiday.

A new practical guide to practise and embed vocabulary, essential grammar, and spoken language in French, ideal for beginners and for making progress, in the classroom or on holiday.

Ideal for students preparing for exams, this new edition of the Student's Dictionary has been fully updated and revised. The exam supplement targets key grammar, spelling and punctuation issues that can cost marks in exams and provides tips and support to understand command words and exam technique.

A dictionary of real and invented words used by the world's best storyteller. The Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary reveals what they mean, where they came from and how he used them in his stories. It will inspire you to choose and use each word brilliantly in your own writing - whether it's a real word, a Roald Dahl word or your own made-up one!

This new edition of the Oxford Children's Colour Dictionary is ideal for a head start in reading, writing and spelling at primary school. With clear definitions and helpful notes, and now including brand new writing tips from top children's authors, this handy dictionary encourages creativity, expands vocabulary and helps with homework.

The Oxford Mini School German Dictionary comes in a handy mini format and is ideal for use in the classroom or at home, with excellent curriculum vocabulary coverage, verb tables with English translations, and cultural information and phrases on German life that is especially useful for going on holiday.

The Oxford Mini School Spanish Dictionary comes in a handy mini format and is ideal for use in the classroom or at home, with excellent curriculum vocabulary coverage, verb tables with English translations, and cultural information and phrases on Spanish life that is especially useful for going on holiday.

The Oxford Mini School French Dictionary comes in a handy mini format and is ideal for use in the classroom or at home, with excellent curriculum vocabulary coverage, verb tables with English translations, and cultural information and phrases on French life that is especially useful for going on holiday.

The Oxford Mini School Dictionary and Thesaurus is the perfect one-volume reference tool. Ideal for school bags in this handy mini format, it is packed with curriculum vocabulary, and language and writing support for primary students about to start secondary school.