With over 1,000 synonyms, this highly innovative new reference book will help children aged five and up develop a confident writing style of their own. In adition to synonyms this resource also provides opposites, sample sentences, word families, and descriptive vocabulary. Bright colourfulillustrations make this new reference highly appealing to young readers. Every Page includes the whole alphabet to encourage reference skills. These skills are then reinforced with an index at the back. Using the research of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary Department the Canadian co-editors have ensured that all words and spellings reflect current Canadian usage. For young readers aged five and upwards, this is a unique resource to help build essential dictionary and reference skills.

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Elizabeth Bisset is a graduate of York University's Bachelor of Education program. She also has a B.A. (Honours) in English from Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, and an M.A. in English from McMaster University, Hamilton. She is the author of the forthcoming Discovering Communities (OUP2003) and is the author of the teacher's guide for numerous Oxford Publications, including Discovering Canada, Discovering Canadian Pioneers and Discovering Castle Days. She currently teaches grade one and two at Diefenbaker Elementary School in Toronto. Alex Bisset was a lexicographer with OxfordUniversity Press Canada from 1992 to 2002. He is the editor of The Canadian Oxford Paperback Dictionary and The Canadian Oxford Compact Dictionary. He is currently pursuing graduate studies at The University of Toronto.