Books with title Scholastic Children's Dictionary

Large illustrations with intricate detail and labeling of the human body, furniture pieces, the solar system, cartography (maps), ecology, plants, insects, amphibians, crustacenas, farm animals, birds, musical instruments, and everyday items offer an abundance of items to learn. Great for those leaning the English language. Geared toward teens and adults, not younger persons. Amazon.com Review It's often easiest to learn words by pointing and asking, but it's hard to do that with a comet or inside a nuclear power plant. The Scholastic Visual Dictionary uses 700 startlingly clear illustrations of these and many other objects and processes to help define over 5,000 words. Arranged in easy-to-browse sections such as Sky, Earth, Clothing, and Measuring Devices, the dictionary helps build kids' (and perhaps adults') vocabularies. The featured words and concepts range from very simple, like shapes and colors, to relatively complex, like helicopter parts and musical notation. The complete alphabetic index in the back helps locate particular words quickly, and while there's no usage guide, the book is simple enough for even the youngest reader to pick up and begin using at once. (Ages 7 and older) --Rob Lightner

With more than 4,000 entries, this updated edition of First Children's Dictionary is an ideal reference book for children five and older that will soon have kids expressing their thoughts in wonderful new ways.Designed with age-appropriate text and highly visual pages featuring more than 800 images, this dictionary is accessible and will not intimidate readers. Definitions are written in full sentences, helping children learn how to write correctly, and example sentences illustrate use and meaning. Opposites are included, themed feature pages highlight related words, and spelling and writing tips at the back of the book give children even further insight into the art of using words.More than just a dictionary, First Children's Dictionary is the perfect beginning reference book for kids.

Definitions for approximately 1,500 headwords have been carefully chosen to help build on the vocabulary of young children. Six hundred full-color photographs further illustrate their meanings. Each entry has been designed to provide readers with easy to understand definitions, as well as alternate forms for nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Illustrative example sentences following each headword are clearly written to help show children what words mean and how they should be used. In addition, each entry is followed by a simple phonetic pronunciation guide.