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From characters like Darth Maul and Yoda, to places like Naboo and Dexter's Diner, to creatures like Jabba the Hutt and Ewoks, "Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary" chronicles every character, weapon, starship, droid, creature, and alien in the Star Wars universe. The only comprehensive visual guide available -- and now with a new, refreshed look -- it features more than one thousand stills and digitally rendered pictures, making this the ultimate collector's item for every "Star Wars" fan. (c) 2012 Lucasfilm Ltd. (R) & (TM) All Rights Reserved. Used Under Authorization.
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Oxford Primary Dictionary is the perfect dictionary for confident young dictionary users. It features over 30,000 words and phrases in alphabetical order, simple, easy-to-read numbered meanings, word classes, inflections, and supporting example sentences. Engaging Top Tips give extra language support to move children ahead with grammar and spelling. The informative and engaging illustrations have been selected from across the curriculum, such as castle, eye, insect, continent, and venn diagram, to add real depth and interest to the definitions. Easy to use and clear navigation makes it quick to find the word you need - the full alphabet appears on every page with a dark blue tab on the letter of the page, and guidewords also appear on every page to support early alphabetical referencing skills.
The Oxford Children's Dictionary is illustrated in colour and aimed at readers at KS2, YR3-6 and P4-7 fo Scotland. BL20,000 colour headwords BL150 colour illustrations BLPronunciation guides for difficult words eg. guerilla, ricochet BLInformation on word origins eg. rickshaw BLNo confusing abbreviations - word classes (parts of speech) and inflections written in full BLUsage help to encourage accurate of language BLUp-to-date example sentences and phrases show how words are used in context BLUseful introduction and key on how to get the best out of the dictionary
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The Oxford School Thesaurus is newly available in paperback. It has all the text of the hardback with thousands of synonyms and up-to-date example sentences. Each entry is in alphabetical order, with its word class and a broad range of imaginative synonyms and supporting example sentences. It is powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus, a unique electronic database of millions of words of writing for children. Tinted panels give more synonyms for words that are often overused, for example put, nice, or say. Topic panels focus on curriculum vocabulary for the classroom. This authoritative thesaurus is the ideal companion to the pocket-sized Oxford School Dictionary. It has the same accessible design with guide words and the full alphabet on every page with a tab on the letter of the page to help with navigation. Plus, for free downloadable word games, puzzles, and activities go online to the oxforddictionaries/schools website.
