This all-new edition of the essential dictionary for young students includes more than 36,000 entries with expanded definitions, usage examples, and nearly 1,300 quotes from classic and contemporary children's literature. Hundreds of new illustrations, photographs, and diagram will both amuse young readers and improve their understanding of concepts. New features include pronunciation paragraphs for every letter, Greek and Latin word root paragraphs, and more!

Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms

Scholastic Children's Dictionary contains: Easy-to-Understand definitions, up-to-date computer, scientific, and cultural terms, spelling hints, synonym tips, and language notes, simplified pronunciations created with real kids in mind, guides on grammar, punctuation, and idioms. Plus: Newly commissioned maps of the world, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and more, Flags and facts for countries and U.S. states, terms of office and other useful reference information.

The Simon & Schuster Thesaurus for Children provides students with the tools they need to build their vocabulary, improve their writing skills, and express themselves more accurately and precisely. The thesaurus is packed with information that encourages children to expand their knowledge of the English language. With over 800 main entries and 5,000 synonyms, the Simon & Schuster Thesaurus for Children helps young writers make correct word choices and avoid repetition.

Compact Visual Dictionary (Merriam-Webster's)
A portable visual inventory of today's world incorporating dictionary-scale definitions.
Contents include: 2,600 highly detailed illustrations of a wide variety of objects from all aspects of life are enhanced by 9,500 clear & concise definitions; Definitions prepared in cooperation with Merriam-Webster lexicographers; Answers questions about form, function, significance, & purpose; and many more!

This book incorporates more than 20,000 words & their definitions into 6,000 full-color illustrations of a wide variety of objects from all aspects of life. Each clear & precise definition has been prepared in cooperation with Merriam-Webster lexicographers. The result is an indispensable visual reference that goes beyond object-identification to answer questions about function, significance, & purpose.

This bestselling dictionary has been created especially for students in the elementary grades. The editors have carefully chosen words that meet the vocabulary needs of kids age 8-11, making this handy volume an ideal tool for building reading and vocabulary skills.

This bestselling dictionary has been created especially for students in the elementary grades. The editors have carefully chosen words that meet the vocabulary needs of kids age 8-11, making this handy volume an ideal tool for building reading and vocabulary skills.

With more than 33,000 entries selected in consultation with top educators and definitions written specifically for children eight and up, this is the most up-to-date and kid-friendly dictionary ever. Designed to make kids enthusiastic instead of intimidated, it features: more than 800 notes and tips on synonyms, homonyms, prefixes, spelling, and word histories; over 750 photographs and illustrations; current computer, scientific, and cultural terms.

Atlas For Young Explorers (National Geographic World)
Bold, bright, bursting with color, & linked to a Web resource of unparalleled depth, the brand-new National Geographic World Atlas for Young Explorers, 3rd edition, brings the world to your doorstep. Now, more than ever, young people need knowledge of the world. Our global society demands it. National Geographic makes it fun.
It's your planet. Learn it. Love it. Explore it.