Free Macmillan Dictionary For Children Ebooks Online
The #1 children's dictionary in America is now completely revised with a stunning design! With more than 3,000 images and 35,000 up-to-date entries, the most trusted name in children's reference is easy to navigate and fun to peruse. Authoritative, accurate, and current, the Macmillan Dictionary for Children is the ideal resource for beginning readers and spellers.
Series: Macmillan Dictionary for Children
Hardcover: 848 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Rev Upd edition (July 10, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1416939598
ISBN-13: 978-1416939597
Product Dimensions: 8 x 1.6 x 10 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (111 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #76,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #27 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Reference > Dictionaries #21582 in Books > Reference
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 6
We needed a dictionary for our child to use in grade school, something easier to read than the college-level books we had on hand, but more sophisticated than the typical baby-book, beginner dictionaries out there. This book met our expectations, and exceeded them. (Note, I'm reviewing the 2007 edition. Some of the reviews here go back years!)Another reviewer has aptly noted the book's appropriateness for Grades 2 through 4, which sounds about right, for a starting point at least. I wouldn't think it useful (as a reference book) before that age, due to the reading level of the book's explanations. Most kids before that age just won't be able to read it.I'm sure many kids will like the pictures at earlier ages. Even a good reader may ask for help now and then. But if the parent is doing *all* the reading, the book loses some of its value as a reference source that the child can learn to use independently.Independent research is one of the skills that many schools are trying to teach to this age range in literacy classes, which is why they assign kids to look up words on their own -- and why this book is so valuable to have at home. With 35,000 entries, it takes on many words that deal with complex ideas -- but it does a pretty good of translating those complexities into terms that kids can comprehend.When necessary, it does this by using pictures, and to great effect. For example, the word "contrast" is not only explained in text, but is also illustrated by showing a Great Dane next to a Chihuahua, with an explanatory caption. The numerous illustrations in this book are used for many purposes, and they are very well-done.For clarity, the editors do not include the complex etymologies that an adult volume might offer for every single word.
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