Introduce children to the world of words with this First School dictionary, for children aged 5 and above, in reception and year 1. The careful choice of vocabulary, clear definitions and simple examples, together with beautiful illustrations help make learning easy, memorable and fun.

• Colourful pictures engage children and help them understand what words mean
• Example sentences show how words can be used
• Simple grammatical labels introduce children to different word classes
• Grammar, spelling and punctuation section provides support with schoolwork and homework.

For more illustrated learning support, our Children’s Dictionary (9780008271176), Children’s Thesaurus (9780008271183), Primary Dictionary (9780008206789) and Primary Thesaurus (9780008222055) are also available.

Maria Herbert-Liew is an illustrator and writer from London.

She has illustrated a number of books and projects including ‘Collins First School Dictionary’ and ‘Very Intelligent Princess’.

Maria believes that anyone can draw, and in 2015 set up an online drawing collective ‘Petsket Collective’ encouraging people from all over the world to share daily sketches with each other.

In 2020 HarperCollins published her first written and illustrated book ‘You Can Draw Brilliant Pictures’.

Maria now lives in Glasgow, Scotland with her husband, a variety of cacti, and plenty of books.

Find out more at mariaherbertliew.com.