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Scholastic Children's Dictionary: (2010 Edition) [Hardcover]
The book is bestselling Scholastic children’s Dictionary. Some of the outstanding new features include: brand new cover and interior design, MORE THAN 1,000 ALL NEW photos AND ILLUSTRATIONS. AND twice the CURRENT NUMBER OF word histories and sample sentences. NEW entries and definitionst have been written by PROMINENT lexicographerS and reviewed by an advisory board of educators and librarians. BONUS material includiES a thesaurus and SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED ENDPAPER MAPS.
Gr 3-6–The most noticeable changes in the new edition of this perennial favorite are stylistic; the design is more restrained and less cutesy than that of the 2007 edition, with smaller print. The volume appears to be targeted at young people who are more visually experience than previous generations. Frames on each page; tabs running along the edges of the pages showing which letter is being featured; and eye-crackling, full-color photographs mimic the cleanest of webpage designs.
There are content updates, too: the endpapers now feature full-color world maps, and 1000 new photographs and illustrations supplement the definitions. Boxes feature more word histories and sample sentences than in previous editions, and a directory of U.S. presidents, complete with images and facts, joins the thesaurus, grammar, punctuation, idiom, acronym, and flag information in the supplementary material.
This dictionary in very informative and has really neat pictures in it. Your sons or daughters will able to understand how to navigate through it. This is highly recomended for your children ages 8-11.
Product Details :
- Reading level: Ages 8 and up
- Hardcover: 800 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic Reference; New edition (July 1, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0545218586
- ISBN-13: 978-0545218580
- Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.4 x 1.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
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