Macmillan First Dictionary - Hardcover

Simon & Schuster

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1416950435 ISBN 13: 9781416950431

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008

Synopsis

Easy-to-use and packed with new images and illustrations, the Macmillan First Dictionary is the one to beat! This First Dictionary offers far more than the others--it's the most updated, contains charts and tables, and features more than double the illustrations and photos than similar dictionaries. This completely revised edition has been designed especially for beginning readers.

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Simon & Schuster is the author of Macmillan Dictionary for Children, a Simon & Schuster book.

Reviews

Grade 2–4—Written for use by emergent readers, this revision of the 1990 edition contains updated information (for example, on the Internet, and a current list of U.S. presidents) that makes it a useful replacement. The book features large, easy-to-read text, judicious use of white space, and more than 1400 color illustrations and photographs. Each entry includes variant forms of the term and example sentences; there are word histories for selected entries. While the dictionary contains definitions for various religious holidays, it lacks entries for the major religions. In addition to the expected guide words at the top of each page, spreads feature vertically printed alphabets on either side, with the relevant letter highlighted to ease navigation. An introduction demonstrates how to use the volume, and the book ends with a reference section, which boasts U.S. and world maps; listings of U.S. states and facts about them; the country's presidents, First Ladies, and vice presidents; and a map of the solar system, accompanied by information regarding each planet. This is a particularly welcome addition to libraries serving ESL students because the definitions are basic but they are not dumbed down.—Sara Rofofsky Marcus, Yeshiva Har Torah, Little Neck, NY
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This dictionary for grades K–3 starts with a brief section on how to use a dictionary. The reference section offers maps of the U.S., the world, and the solar system and tables listing U.S. states and presidents. The dictionary proper is very cleanly laid out in two columns per page. Definitions are numbered and include sample sentences as well as multiple forms, such as plurals and tenses. The more than 1,400 colorful illustrations make this volume especially appealing. Grades K-3. --Mary Ellen Quinn

Edition details

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1416950435
• ISBN 13: 9781416950431
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400