School Spelling Dictionary by Christine Maxwell

The internationally bestselling tool to support writing and spelling.

Have you ever looked for giraffe under ‘j’? This is the dictionary for you!

This newly revised and updated edition of the internationally bestselling School Spelling Dictionary allows you to search for words the way they sound and empowers you to write what you want to write.

A re-edited and rejacketed edition of Barrington Stoke’s internationally bestselling reference book to support struggling spellers

Its accessible, dyslexia-friendly layout has:

• an alphabet across the top of the page to aid searching
• additional hints from the ‘Spelling Bee’ to help find words
• short descriptors for homophones and other easily confused words
• support with verbal inflections and comparative and superlative adjectives
• an introduction with helpful tips for successful spelling

About the Author: Christine Maxwell worked as a teacher in Oxford in the 70s. It was while teaching that she came up with the idea to write a dictionary that her own students could use even if they did not know how to spell. She wrote The Dictionary of Perfect Spelling in 1977 and it became an international bestseller. In 2005 she wrote the hugely successful revised edition for Barrington Stoke.

Julia Rowlandson trained as a Primary school teacher and now works as an Educational Consultant. She was the Editor of the revised edition of the Dictionary. She was formerly Deputy Head of More House School.

11 Sep 2025
 

School Spelling Dictionary by Christine Maxwell ISBN 9780008743420