Is there such a thing as a children's dictionary?

[londondee]

Hi, my DD often asks me about words she's heard. Although I understand what they mean I have difficulty explaining them well to her. So I wondered whether such a thing as a children's dictionary might exist which could also provide relevant examples that may make more sense to young child (she's just turned 5). Thanks!

[EBearhug]

It did when I was a child
Don't know what happened to it, though.

[EBearhug]

It had word games in it, too, which made it more fun than the dictionaries they had at school for children.

[BiscuitMillionaire]

lmgtfy.com/?q=children%27s+dictionary

[EBearhug]

A quick Google shows Oxford does one and there are some online ones available.

(I should wait to think all my thoughts before posting.)

[YoghurtRaisins]

We had one of these for a few years usborne dictionary

I have to admit my kids didn't use it all that much, they progressed to an Oxford concise fairly quickly in junior school.

[londondee]

Thanks for your responses. I did google it before but following the various links did lead lead to much of interest. Will try some of the suggestions here, thanks.

[Lonecatwithkitten]

We had an earlier version of this for infants and then moved on to this for juniors. DD's school actively encourages a dictionary at school and these were there recommendations.

[AintNobodyHereButUsKittens]

We had Usborne ones. They looked nice and had attractive pictures but tbh they weren't much use for looking up unknown words - any time we tried to look something up the word was never in them. I think if you wanted a dictionary in that style and print size that would cover all the vocab in, say, Harry Potter, then it would have to be the size of a house.

[ExitPursuedByABear]

If course there is.