Customer Reviews

Webster's New World Children's Dictionary

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I reviewed all the Children's Dictionaries I could find before selecting this one. It is a beautiful book. Word definitions are clear and easy to understand. Illustrations are colorful and plentiful. Supplementary information is useful and presented in an interesting format. This is one dictionary that is fun just to sit down and read! The CD ROM is also marvelous. My child loves playing the educational word games on it and so do it. There are several varieties of games and different levels of difficulty. The only drawback here is that the CD ROM cannot be used on Mac computers.

I purchased this for my son who is 10 and in 4th grade. The description did say for "late elementary school". Well, more times than not, a word my son needed to look up for homework was not in this dictionary. I'd say this edition is good for kids first getting acquainted with a dictionary as it is not intimidating, the definitions are at elementary reading level, and the pictures are a nice touch. However, by the time a kid is in 4th grade, this dictionary just isn't "meaty" enough. Also, it did not come with the CD as described.

I was looking for a child's dictionary and I had two choices picked out. The choices were this one and the Nick Dictionary which I thought my son would like much better but he chose this one. He likes it!! Yesterday he finished his homework as fast as he could to look at it. Here are some things that I like about it:(Nice) Colored pictures, Easy to understand definitions, Atlas pages, Information about the 50 states including the capital, state flag, flower, and state bird, Presidents of the united states to Clinton, The amount of words in this dictionary I think there are 33,000 words in here. I think this dictionary will last him for awhile. If you are looking for a child's dictionary I think this one would be the perfect choice!!!!

This dictionary is highly recommended for children from age 8 & above, quick reference, clear printing, bold letters, pictures & graphical illustrations where required these are some of the features that makes this dictionary perfect for childrens!

Super easy to use dictionary. Great simple definations. Nice print size.

Webster's is known for quality dictionaries and this book will not disappoint. It is well and succinctly written. It provides some photos, graphics, drawings that are of good quality. In my opinion, never enough. I like lots more color to attract and retain the attention of chldren. It contains tens of thousands of entries. It contains word type (e.g., noun, verb), pronunciation, and pluralization (e.g., what's the plural of hippopotamus). 928 pages. Thick. Most important: the begining tells children how to use a dictionary very effectively. The last 50 pages show children a thesaurus and how it's used, an atlas, weights and measures, US presidents, states' summaries. This is great! Sitting with the kids, they were open and entertained and had fun. Me, too. I think all children ought to own a dictionary. I give this product a solid "A" and I recommend it for classrooms, school libraries, and all children with abilities in the 9 - 12 age group.

No more will my 8 year old ask me how to spell a word. What a great way to teach your son how to begin referencing material. Font size and pictures are perfect for children from 1st grade on up to middle school.

My daughter is in Kindergarten and needed a dictionary to help her with the occasional homework assignment as well as to satisfy her curiosity about words. I purchased this dictionary, and I hoped she would take to it. She really enjoys using this dictionary. She likes looking at the pictures interspersed throughout the dictionary, and I appreciate that the definitions are the right length and level for the audience. This will take her through elementary school easily. Great reference book for the price!

Purchased this book for my 4th grader. Yesterday she brought home a dozen words that she needed to look up in a dictionary and write the definition. THIS DICTIONARY HAD ONLY ONE OF THE WORDS. Since I had just recently purchased this book, I will be returning it. Not a good dictionary for children at all. Thought I was getting the best when I bought Webster's. Highly disappointed.

It feels weird rating a dictionary but I have actually seen a bad one :-) I bought this for my son several years ago and it is very useful. My poor neice is always having a hard time spelling words and then can't find them in her dictionary! How useful is that. I tried to go through it once to give her rhyming words, there were so many words from the English language missing! I'm not sure who that book was published for (I will review it next because Amazon sells it). I ordered this one for her recently and now she is on track with homework (when she is cooperating to complete it...kids.

This is a good child dictionary.