Fun and easy to use, The Kingfisher Children's Illustrated Dictionary
and Thesaurus by George Marshall 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