Shipping Through the Holidays ☀️📦
Boxing Day Sale Boxing Day
Holiday Delivery Delivery
Store Hours Store Hours
Gift Cards Gift Cards

Boxing Day Sale is live! Up to 20% off 2000+ Books

School Spelling Dictionary

By Christine Maxwell and Julia Rowlandson
0.0 (0 reviews)
Brief Description
The internationally bestselling tool to support writing and spelling. Have you ever looked for a 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... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$3499
Pre-order
Releases 22nd January 2026 (Approx. Date) Pre-order  "School Spelling Dictionary" now to secure your copy from our first shipment

Found a better price? Request a price match

School Spelling Dictionary

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

The internationally bestselling tool to support writing and spelling.

Have you ever looked for a 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 re-jacketed 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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008743420

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 September 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Barrington Stoke Ltd

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 148.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 380g

Pages: 272

Collections

Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Christine Maxwell Education & Reference Julia Rowlandson Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date

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.

Also by Christine Maxwell

View all

Also by Julia Rowlandson

View all

More from Children's Books

View all

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 80,000 books and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.