This illustrated dictionary contains 10,000 words and phrases in colour, with age appropriate meanings and over 300 photographs and illustrations. There is also a Supplement focusing on word origins, prefixes and suffixes. Opposites are given to encourage vocabulary building. Topic entries give words connected to a subject for project work eg. farm. There are no confusing abbreviations. There are up-to-date example sentences and phrases that show how words are used in context. There is a useful introduction and key on how to get the best out of the thesaurus.