The Usborne Picture Dictionary

by Felicity Brooks

-- A fun, first dictionary, with over 1,000 words defined
-- In alphabetical order
-- Over 1,300 pictures
-- Useful spelling
-- Shows how words are used
-- Includes parts of speech

96 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Felicity Brooks is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She studied English and Drama at Exeter University and worked as an actor, teacher and lexicographer (someone who compiles dictionaries) before starting work in children’s publishing in the late 1980s.

She has written and edited hundreds of children’s books, including stories and novelty books for pre-schoolers and books about history, geography, languages, science, maths, nature and the arts.

Her books have won the TES Senior Information Book Award, the Aventis Science Books Prize, the SLA Information Book Award, the Sheffield Baby Books Award and Practical Pre-school Gold and Silver Awards.