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The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary

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I bought this book for my 11 year old son. Our encyclopedia set was a bit overwhelming for him so I thought a science dictionary would be less intimidating. He just loves it. He spends hours just flipping pages and reading entries that interest him. Definitions are concise yet not over simplified with plenty of examples and pictures to keep everything clear. Major topics are discussed in length making this more than just a dictionary. I enjoy browsing through it myself. Science is fascinating when properly explained. He brought it to school and the other kids all agreed that this book is "cool". This is an excellent book for adults and children. This is a must have book for your reference collection.

I bought this for my classroom. The definitions and the many article-length entries are more complete, detailed, accurate and kid friendly than the ones in the glossary of our text book. Moreover, the kids are willing to browse through it just for fun. I am impressed enough that I am going to try to raise donations to purchase a dozen or so (28 would be even better but...) so that more of my students can use it.

Smaller size than expected, but text is regular size. We have referred this dictionary several times and have been happy with our purchase.

I purchased this book for my grandson and he was very pleased by it. The purpose of the gift was to give him something new to get into towards the end of summer and it worked!