Merriam-Webster’s Elementary Dictionary - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0877797455 ISBN 13: 9780877797456

Publisher: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 2019

Synopsis

This newly revised & updated hardcover edition (Copyright 2019) is the essential dictionary for children grades 3-5, ages 8-11.

It is a perfect resource for school or home and contains more than 36,000 entries.

Definitions are enriched with 1,300 quotes from classic & contemporary children's literature, providing examples of how words are used in sentences.

Updated to include new vocabulary from a variety of fields, such as alternative energy, social media, and STEM.

Includes 250 word history paragraphs & 120 synonym paragraphs and 900 vibrant, colorful illustrations, photographs, and diagrams.

Greek and Latin word root paragraphs help students build vocabulary.

And kid-friendly usage hints spark imagination and describe different shades of meaning.

Special sections include geographical names, signs and symbols, a guide for writers and a list of literary works used in the text.

New books quoted include:

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Ms. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson

Nuts to You by Lynne Rae Perkins

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

About this title

About the Author:

For more than 150 years, in print and now online, Merriam-Webster has been America's leading and most-trusted provider of language information. All Merriam-Webster products and services are backed by the largest team of professional dictionary editors and writers in America, and one of the largest in the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Merriam-Webster, Inc.
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0877797455
• ISBN 13: 9780877797456
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 824
• Editor: Merriam-Webster