Children will enjoy learning how English works with the help of this friendly, easy-to-follow guide. Clear explanations, fun illustrations and lively example sentences take young readers on a journey of understanding. This is the perfect introduction to grammar and punctuation.

This picture book of 1000 first words will broaden young children's vocabulary and strengthen their early reading and writing skills. The inviting pages are filled with pictures, word labels, and simple sentences, and topics include Me and My Family, Animals, How We Look and Feel, Around the World, I Know Colours, Shapes, and Numbers, and Weather and Seasons.

There are also some fun "story style" pages that tell a simple narrative and inspire storytelling skills: for example, All in a Day is about a young child's typical day, and If I Were a Pet looks at a dog, cat, rabbit, fish, and pony, and imagines what these different animals might like to do.

1000 Useful Words clearly labels every picture, which encourages picture-and-word association and helps early reading, and each topic features short sentences for children to finish that reinforce grammar and encourage writing skills. The words have been chosen with the help of a leading educational consultant, Penny Coltman, and include a combination of useful and imaginative nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

Young children will be amazed and delighted by all the fascinating real-world photos, things to spot, imaginative pictures to talk about, and incredibly useful words! This fun and educational picture word book is a must-have first reference title for parents who are keen to develop their child's language and literacy skills.

This bright and bold dictionary of twenty-six thought-provoking words from A-Z is perfect for equipping girls, boys and everyone with the words they need to empower themselves. Including:

- Activism: trying to change something important by making your voice heard

- Brainpower: your ability to come up with brilliant ideas

- Compassion: caring about other people's suffering

- Diversity: including all kinds of different people

- Equality: when everyone is treated in the same way

- Feminism: fighting for equality between girls, boys and everyone

With bright and inclusive artwork from illustrator Carolyn Suzuki, F is for Feminism is a great conversation starter, and will inspire and motivate activists of all ages.

This new edition of the dictionary uses up-to-date text and colour photographs and illustrations throughout. It includes colour coding of the dictionary quartiles, links to the Primary Strategy for KS2 and special information on word families, usage, and derived words. With the virtual thumb tabs and the alphabet down the side of each page, it's easy to access and age appropriate for independent dictionary users.

The Heinle Picture Dictionary for Children is the only children's dictionary that presents vocabulary within thematic readings and offers opportunities for multi-level practice of every word introduced to help develop English language skills.

The Smart-Kids Picture Dictionary has more than 500 words aimed at growing a child's vocabulary from Grade R to Grade 2. Fun, full-colour illustrations feature the lovable Smart-Kids characters in 14 themed contexts. This dictionary may be used with other Smart-Kids products or as a separate resource.

What would you do if your teacher told you to stop using the word "nice" so much? If you had the Big Picture Thesaurus, you might thumb through it until you found "nice" between "new" and "noise." Then you'd find your options: "pleasant," "agreeable," "good-natured," "delightful," and "fantastic". At this point, you might be scratching your head deciding which word to use, but once you find it you'll be a more pleasant, agreeable, good-natured, delightful, and fantastic writer for your efforts. Illustrations: Full colour throughout

My Eerste HAT is a remarkable dictionary for Afrikaans children and children who want to learn Afrikaans.

The full‐colour, illustrated book contains a scientific list of the first 1000 words learnt by children. Each wordis accompanied by a fun illustration and used in a rhyming verse of two to four lines to encourage language development and early reading in an entertaining manner.

Verses, sounds, rhyme and metre are attractive to children and help them to retain new ideas. The verses and pictures also encourage discussion and interaction.

A helpful guide for parents and teachers on how to use the dictionary is included, as well as a word list ordered by theme.

A first dictionary containing definitions of over 1500 current words.

This ideal first dictionary contains over 1500 core words from alligator to zip, carefully selected to complement the books that children of this age are beginning to read.

The clear definitions and sample sentences are enhanced with photos and varied artwork that help build the child's comprehension and reading readiness.

A colourful and engaging dictionary to help develop your child's awareness of the alphabet, letter sounds and reading at this early stage of their learning. Provides a motivating way of supporting your child's learning at home. Designed to get children engaged with language at an early age, this dictionary introduces the essentials of alphabetical order through pictures and simple examples. The colourful and fun illustrations and clear design help to boost confidence and develop good learning habits for life. Additional resources are available for parents to access online, helping to develop a familiarity with simple phonics through activities which provide support for the child's learning at home. * build language skills * boost confidence * develop a love of language

It's never too soon to start teaching boys and girls a second language, and this book presents pages filled with cheerful color pictures that help teach French words to English-speaking children in early grades. It presents more than 350 illustrations of familiar objects, with nine pictures on each page. Every picture is labeled with its English word, followed by its French equivalent. The translated word is followed in turn by a phonetic spelling in smaller type. Words are grouped according to themes, such as Sports, The Classroom, Fruit, Vegetables, Party Time, Weather, and many others. For example, the nine illustrations on the Sports page show pictures with bilingual labels for football, table tennis, skiing, fishing, gymnastics, athletics, cycling, swimming, and basketball. Here's a fun way for younger English-speaking children to build a basic vocabulary in French.

Collins First English Words is the perfect first dictionary for kindergarten-aged learners of English. Packed full of fun and useful everyday vocabulary, this beautifully illustrated dictionary will capture the imagination of young children and encourage a love for learning English. The dictionary contains 36 themes, each fully illustrated with fun and engaging scenarios. Three characters, Ben, Daisy and Keekee the monkey, guide the children through their daily lives and introduce them to the 300 English words young children need to learn. There are songs and games for every theme for children to engage with. Collins First English Words aims to make learning English fun. First English Words has won the title `Best entry for young readers' at the English-Speaking Union (ESU) English Language Book Awards 2012.

This breathtakingly exciting book discovers the Irish language as you've never learned it before! Fatti Burke's amazing illustrations and her father John's fabulous teaching bring the language alive with every turn of the page. A visual introduction to Ireland's language for young and old, you will learn your first thousand words, discover your culture and enjoy the fabulous quirks and features of your native tongue! Bringing a contemporary appeal to a classic subject, get ready to fall in love with your language. It's Irish as you've never seen it before! This is the third book from the bestselling father and daughter duo behind Irelandopedia and Historopedia, which have sold over 100,000 copies.

A fun first alphabetic picture dictionary to introduce children aged 4 upwards to reading and writing and looking up words. It has over 500 words listed in alphabetical order, each with an illustration and a useful phrase. The alphabet down the side of each page, with the appropriate letter highlighted, teaches first navigation skills. Additional thematic sections at the back focus on themes - including words from the calendar, outer space, fairy tales, plus the everyday world of the classroom and the playground. Val Biro's delightful animals and other characters make this the most attractive introduction to first dictionary skills.

Created by leading educators, these colorful, large-size dictionaries introduce beginning language learners to more than 1,550 commonly taught basic words. Each Lets Learn Language Picture Dictionary in the series boasts 30 delightful two-page spreads that vividly illustrate the meanings of words. Fun-filled panoramas focus on scenes familiar to children aged three through eight, such as home life, the classroom, city life, sports, the zoo, and even outer space! Learners will love to revisit these detailed depictions of people, places, actions, and objects, each time improving their recall. Featured words are set off with individual illustrations and definitions to help learners at various levels build vocabulary. Includes an index and glossary of all the individually illustrated words. An ideal selection of first word books for parents and teachers who want to encourage second language acquisition.

A colourful and engaging dictionary to help develop your child's awareness of language and support their reading at this important stage in their learning. Provides a motivating way of supporting your child's learning at home. Designed to get children engaged with language at an early age, this dictionary introduces early language and dictionary skills through simple definitions, examples and pictures. The colourful and fun illustrations and clear design help to boost confidence and develop good learning habits for life. Simple tips on spelling, rhyme and pronunciation are included throughout the text to help develop the child's language skills. Additional resources are available for parents to access online, encouraging a familiarity with phonics and simple dictionary skills through activities which provide support for the child's learning at home.

The perfect first Irish dictionary for learners of Irish aged 4+. Packed full of fun and useful everyday vocabulary, this beautifully illustrated dictionary will capture the imagination of young children and encourage a love for learning Irish. The dictionary contains 35 themes, each fully illustrated with fun and engaging scenarios. Three characters, Ben, Daisy and Keekee the monkey, guide the children through their daily lives and introduce them to the 300 Irish words young children need to learn. There are activities on every page for children to engage with and an audio CD so children can practise saying the words they have learnt. Collins Very First Irish Words aims to make learning Irish fun.

It's never too soon to start teaching boys and girls a second language, and this book presents pages filled with cheerful color pictures that help teach Spanish words to English-speaking children in early grades. It presents more than 350 illustrations of familiar objects, with nine pictures on each page. Every picture is labeled with its English word, followed by its Spanish equivalent. The translated word is followed in turn by a phonetic spelling in smaller type. Words are grouped according to themes, such as Sports, The Classroom, Fruit, Vegetables, Party Time, Weather, and many others. For example, the nine illustrations on the Sports page show pictures with bilingual labels for football, table tennis, skiing, fishing, gymnastics, athletics, cycling, swimming, and basketball. Here's a fun way for younger English-speaking children to build a basic vocabulary in Spanish.

All the new Schofield & Sims dictionaries stand alone as excellent sources of reference. Supporting the Primary Framework for literacy, the dictionaries and word books widen children's vocabulary and improve their reading and writing skills. They have been carefully graded so that each builds on the earlier one - thus providing a natural progression. The words included have been carefully chosen to reflect contemporary usage and interests, and also to provide full support for children as they explore classic texts. The Schofield and Sims First Illustrated Dictionary: contains more than 2000 headwords and definitions and over 500 colour illustrations, gives concise instructions on 'How to use this book', provides short forms/irregular plurals/help with pronunciation, reinforces knowledge of the alphabet by providing an alphabet strip on each page, includes clear guide words indicating the first and last headwords on each spread, provides lists of colours/months of the year/days of the week/numbers and is supported by the First Dictionary & Thesaurus Activities (available separately).