This special edition of the "Collins Pocket Dictionary" is designed to appeal to kids with its colourful Thunderbirds cover. It includes many useful features to help with school and home study and all entry words and spelling forms are in colour for instant lookup. Definitions are given in clear, no-nonsense language and modern meanings are given first, making it easy to find the sense you need. The text is based on analysis of the Collins language database, the Bank of English, and it includes helpful language notes that give additional advice on puzzling or disputed points of English usage.