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This busy picture book broadens children's vocabulary, strengthens their language and literacy skills, and supports their school learning.Written by primary language specialist Gill Budgell, the picture-packed pages feature vocabulary to help children with key school subjects, including English, maths, science, geography, history, art, and computing. From verbs that are used in sports and nouns that name mathematical shapes to adjectives that describe materials, each page strengthens children's language skills and is visually exciting, accessible, and appealing.1000 More Words clearly labels each picture, which encourages picture-and-word association and helps early reading. There are fun things to spot on every page, as well as questions that stimulate thinking, talking, and reading comprehension skills.This inviting and educational picture word book is a must-have first reference title that will develop children's reading and writing skills, support their early years in education, and boost their confidence in communication.

About 15 Minute French

Teach yourself French in just 12 weeks with this fun, user-friendly, and uniquely visual language course.

DK's 15 Minute French is the perfect course for busy people who want to learn French fast. Twelve themed chapters are broken down into five daily 15-minute lessons with an easy-to-follow structure and spanning a range of practical themes, including leisure, business, food and drink, travel, and shopping.

Each lesson combines vocabulary and grammar essentials with attractive full-colour illustrations, annotated images, and simple pronunciation guides for every word, making it quick, easy, and fun to learn new French vocabulary. There is no writing or homework - you simply use the cover flaps to hide the answers to exercises and test yourself as you learn. Each chapter ends with a review module, so you can track your progress and identify areas where you need further practice.

The course includes a fully redesigned free audio app that enables you to hear French words and phrases spoken by native speakers. Use the app alongside the book's easy-to-use pronunciation guides to perfect your pronunciation and practise French conversation in real-life situations. Whether you're a complete beginner or just in need of a refresher course, there's no easier way to learn French than with 15 Minute French.

Teach yourself German in just 12 weeks with this fun-filled language course.

DK's 15 Minute Language is the perfect course for busy people who want to learn German fast. The 12 themed chapters are broken down into easy-to-follow 15-minute daily lessons, spanning a range of practical themes, including: leisure, business, food and drink, travel, and shopping.

Each lesson combines vocabulary and grammar essentials with attractive full-colour images, making it quick, easy, and fun to learn new German. There is no writing or homework - you simply use the cover flaps to hide the answers to exercises and test yourself as you learn. Each chapter ends with a review module, so you can track your progress and identify areas where you need further practice.

Whether you are planning to travel to Italy or just curious to learn a new language, this 15-minute language pack is the perfect tool for anyone who wants to learn Italian fast.

15 Minute Italian has 12 themed chapters, spanning a range of practical themes, from socializing to doing business. By practicing 15 minutes a day, 5 days a week you can introduce yourself, fix an appointment, order your favorite dish, ask about the nearest shopping center, and much more.

This handy volume is an ideal Italian language course for beginners and also contains a menu guide and an Italian-to-English and English-to-Italian dictionary. It also comes with a free downloadable audio app for phones that will enable you to hear words and phrases spoken by native Italian speakers.

The colorful illustrations and unique visual approach of 15 Minute Italian makes learning quick, easy, and fun.

DK's 15 Minute Spanish is the perfect course for busy people who want to learn Spanish fast!
Twelve themed chapters are broken down into easy-to-follow 15-minute daily lessons, spanning a
range of practical themes, including leisure, business, food and drink, travel, and shopping and more.

Each lesson combines vocabulary and grammar essentials with attractive full-colour images,
making it quick, easy, and fun to learn new Spanish vocabulary. There is no writing or homework - you simply use the cover flaps to hide the answers to exercises and test yourself as you learn. Each chapter ends with a review module, so you can track your progress and identify areas where you need further practice.

Love, Travel, Study, Work, Friendship—whatever your reason for wanting to learn, Beginners’ Arabic will help you to:  

• Communicate naturally in everyday situations.
• Build your confidence with easy-to-follow explanations and plenty of practice activities.
• Understand and pronounce Arabic easily with online audio.
• Remember what you learn with our effective Discovery Method.
• Focus your learning and track your progress with practical tools and planners.

Access the audio for this course for free by downloading it to the Teach Yourself Library app or streaming it on library.teachyourself.com.  

Is this course for me? 
Beginners' Arabic is for absolute beginners and those who’ve had some previous experience with the language and want to refresh their knowledge. Clear and simple explanations make the course appropriate and accessible to anyone learning Arabic. There are extensive illustrations and tools to help you plan your studies and track your progress, all designed to support learning on your own. This course is also ideal to use with one-to-one tutoring and as a classroom course, and it’s the perfect resource to pair with a language-learning app. 

Love, Travel, Study, Work, Friendship—whatever your reason for wanting to learn, Beginners’ Japanese will help you to:   

• Communicate naturally in everyday situations.
• Build your confidence with easy-to-follow explanations and plenty of practice activities.
• Understand and pronounce Japanese easily with online audio.
• Remember what you learn with our effective Discovery Method.
• Focus your learning and track your progress with practical tools and planners.

Access the audio for this course for free by downloading it to the Teach Yourself Library app or streaming it on library.teachyourself.com.  

Love, Travel, Study, Work, Friendship—whatever your reason for wanting to learn, Beginners’ Mandarin Chinese will help you to:   

• Communicate naturally in everyday situations.
• Build your confidence with easy-to-follow explanations and plenty of practice activities.
• Understand and pronounce Mandarin Chinese easily with online audio.
• Remember what you learn with our effective Discovery Method.
• Focus your learning and track your progress with practical tools and planners.

Access the audio for this course for free by downloading it to the Teach Yourself Library app or streaming it on library.teachyourself.com.  

Illustrated throughout, this dictionary presents explanations that include plural forms for nouns; different tenses for verbs; comparatives and superlatives; and, in many cases, an example sentence. Common abbreviations are listed at the end, with a guide to prefixes, suffixes, and world capitals and currencies. Age 8+

Discover a whole new vocabulary and never be lost for words again, with this comprehensive and detailed illustrated children's thesaurus, with synonyms and antonyms for more than four thousand main entries.

This beautifully illustrated thesaurus for kids age 9 and older is packed with:

- A comprehensive, illustrated thesaurus created specifically for young readers and writers
- Authoritative content from Collins is given the DK treatment to make the pages lively and the words meaningful for children
- Fun and fresh illustrated "word features" to explore and expand on vocabulary

This colorful and insightful thesaurus contains more than four thousand entries, where each entry is supported by a definition and example sentence to help boost a child's confidence in using and choosing words. An imaginative mix of photography and illustration gives the book great visual appeal and is the perfect book for children who enjoy words; or who need a little extra help or encouragement with their English vocabulary.

Each entry provides information about each headword: the word type (e.g. noun); definition; example sentence; list of synonyms; further (more advanced) synonyms and antonyms. It also includes synonyms from Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa and the U.S. The Children's Illustrated Thesaurus is not only a fun and vibrant educational tool for children, but is also perfect for educators looking for a learning tool to inspire vocabulary development.

Expand your library collection and pair this exciting learning tool with DK's ever-popular Children's Illustrated Dictionary

A 9,000-word visual dictionary with every day, thematic sections that help children expand their vocabulary.

Learning new words is now easier for children aged 7+ with the Children’s Visual Dictionary. Clear, simple illustrations depict words and phrases in a visual way for easy learning, helping to explain the meanings of more than 9,000 words and phrases.

This illustrated dictionary for children offers:

• More than 9,000 essential words and phrases are illustrated and grouped by theme.
• Each section broken down by an everyday or practical theme to help add context and meaning.
• Beautiful illustrations bring the words and phrases of the English language to life.

Children aged 7+ will find it easy to understand challenging words and build their English vocabulary with terms arranged in themed sections that cover practical, everyday topics – such as city life, sports, construction, farming, or visiting a bakery. Helpful cross-references allow children to look up other related terms quickly.

Help your child learn to read with Deli Dogs, the perfect phonic books for young readers.

Specially developed by experts to introduce young children to phonics and support their first steps in learning to read, this series is ideal for early readers. Children will love to read about Dan and Bell, the dog duo in charge of a busy deli!

Eight delightful books introduce adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs in stages, allowing independent reading from the outset. Each book contains a word list for blending practice and a game to enjoy together!

Deli Dogs covers the following phonic skills:

Book 1: CVCC
Book 2: CCVC
Book 3: CCVCC
Book 4: ch
Book 5: sh
Book 6: th
Book 7: ck, wh
Book 8: ng, qu

A Parents'' Guide to Deli Dogs with advice and activity ideas is also included. Give your child a head start in the world of reading and phonics!

This beginner reader series offers:

• A pack of 8 decodable books that each contain a story that covers different adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs
• Reading material aimed at children aged 4-6
• A Parents’ Guide to Deli Dogs is also included, with advice and activity ideas

What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read by understanding the sounds that letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words.