The Kingfisher Children's Illustrated Dictionary and Thesaurus [Hardcover]

George Marshall (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up

Fun and easy to use, The Junior Illustrated Dictionary & Thesaurus is the ideal choice for upper elementary and middle-school children who are beginning to expand their vocabulary. Comprehensive and authoritative, it defines more than 4,000 words with clear, age-appropriate entries, and also includes a thesaurus with more than 5,000 headwords. Plenty of sample sentences offer further clarification, while the intuitive pronunciation guides make difficult words easy to say. Hundreds of bright photographs and illustrations contribute extra vocabulary information and make this book a verbal and visual treasure trove.
Special features include
•Full-color, high-interest topic boxes provide
an in-depth look at selected subjects and
related vocabulary
•Color-coded guide words and alphabet strings on page edges that make words
easy to look up
•Vocabulary panels
•Definitions clearly identifying parts of speech, different word forms, and alternate spellings
•Information about synonyms, antonyms, and key language topics

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

This version appears to be identical to The Kingfisher Illustrated Junior Dictionary (1997) for ages 7 to 10 except that most of the special features have been eliminated in favor of a thesaurus. The dictionary portion has approximately 4,000 entries and 600 illustrations; the thesaurus has more than 5,000 headwords. RBB
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Children's Literature
The clear definitions of words will help to strengthen a young person's vocabulary...The pictures and drawings complement and clarify the definitions.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Kingfisher; 1 edition (July 10, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0753456532
• ISBN-13: 978-0753456538
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,062,893 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #33 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Almanacs
  • #33 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Thesauri

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a great choice of dictionary, September 20, 2007

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Parent "Parent" (Miami) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Kingfisher Children's Illustrated Dictionary and Thesaurus (Hardcover)

I purchased the Kingfisher dictionary/thesaurus only because my child's teacher requested it. He's a third grader. I found that it does not have as much information as I would have liked. Personally, I would have chosen a more known publisher than this one.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy, January 9, 2012

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This review is from: The Kingfisher Children's Illustrated Dictionary and Thesaurus, 2nd edition (Hardcover)

We bought 4 of these as top prize gifts for our Sunday School kids. We love it, and so do they! Sleek hard cover, colorful pages, easy-to-read print. Really great value for a great price.

2.0 out of 5 stars Kid's Dictionary, December 31, 2010

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This review is from: The Kingfisher Children's Illustrated Dictionary and Thesaurus (Hardcover)

The contents of the book are fine but it arrived with dirty pages and, a tacky sticker on the front of the book denoting the "bargain price."