Product Description
by Collins Dictionaries (Author), Maria Herbert-Liew (Illustrator)
Gift a love of words with this beautifully designed children's dictionary
For children aged 7 and over, this dictionary contains up-to-date coverage of a range of everyday and curriculum vocabulary.
This book is designed to build confidence and develop language and dictionary skills at home and in the classroom in preparation for secondary school.
It offers additional language tips and carefully selected and annotated illustrations to help students with more complex language. The Word Wizard section provides in-depth support on spelling, punctuation and grammar.
The Children's Dictionary has a wide range of the latest vocabulary from different subject areas with example sentences and tips on grammar and spelling to help students understand how to use language more effectively. Synonyms and antonyms are provided to help build vocabulary.
Beautiful annotated illustrations add an extra dimension and provide additional information on a range of topic areas.
Author Biography
Maria Herbert-Liew is an illustrator and writer from London.
She has illustrated a number of books and projects including 'Collins First School Dictionary' and 'Very Intelligent Princess'.
Maria believes that anyone can draw, and in 2015 set up an online drawing collective 'Petsket Collective' encouraging people from all over the world to share daily sketches with each other.
In 2020 HarperCollins published her first written and illustrated book 'You Can Draw Brilliant Pictures'.
Maria now lives in Glasgow, Scotland with her husband, a variety of cacti, and plenty of books.
Find out more at mariaherbertliew.com.
