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Scholastic Children's Dictionary (Revised and Updated Edition) (Hardcover) (精装)
by Scholastic Inc
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Reference, Ages 4-8, Children's book |
| Market price: ¥ 228.00
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¥ 208.00
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MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
| MSL Pointer Review:
Well illustrated, good choice of words presented. |
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Jane James (MSL quote), California
<2006-12-29 00:00>
What I love most about this dictionary is that it has a lot of words, and adequate definitions for them - but the definitions are not complicated themselves. Most of the words the kids need to look up are in there, and they don't get confused on the definitions, either.
My kids use this one all the time - we've bought 5 copies to date, and since I have 6 children, we will undoubtedly get more as time goes on.
My friend, who is the head teacher of a K-12 school, has several copies of this dictionary in each classroom, and prefers it to any other simple dictionary.
This is really an excellent choice for children.
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Anne Whitman (MSL quote), VA
<2006-12-29 00:00>
My daughters are in the third grade and, we have found this dictionary to be very helpful. It is bright and colorful but, it contains quite a bit of information as well. It helps them not only when they are writing something (to look up the spelling of a word) but also to understand the meaning of words. It gives parts of speech, different tenses, and pronunciation of the word as well. I highly recommend it for anyone looking to buy a dictionary for children. I had bought the Scholastic First Dictionary also but, honestly, we did not use that one much at all. The Children's Dictionary is my pick, for sure. |
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B. Miller (MSL quote), Fremont, NE
<2006-12-29 00:00>
I rate this a 5 star for the purpose I purchased it. It introduced my grandson, as a 3rd grader with homework, to the use of a dictionary. I was astounded to realize that he had been reading his social studies with only partial understanding because of skipping over words that had no meaning for him ... words we take for granted with which a child has had little or no experience. I taught him the blessing of a dictionary and we started going over his work. His eyes lit up as his brain lit up with understanding. His grades went up... a matter of great pride to him. Just learning to work the filing system of a dictionary quickly is another accomplishment for a 3rd or 4th grader. They can graduate to a more adult dictionary later on with confidence and grace. This one is a wonderful beginning. |
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A reader (MSL quote), Pittsburgh, PA
<2006-12-29 00:00>
I bought this dictionary for my son at the beginning of the school year at a book fair. The cover caught my eye. Then I began to look through the book, as I am very discriminating, especially with a dictionary. It has diagrams to assist understanding that are labeled. An example is caterpillar and it shows how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly. Building, it shows all the stages of building a house and labels everything on the house. The beginning of the book explains initials. Acronyms, and abbreviations and explains what they are and each new letter is shown by the upper and lower case. It explains the history of certain words, what a suffix is and a prefix are and all of the oddities of the English language. It also includes American Braille and sign language as well as flags of the independent countries of the world. The illustrations of the book are remarkable. I have never seen a dictionary for children that was so remarkable and worth whatever it was I paid for it. My son is always asking me questions beyond what a book says and I do not always know the answers. This book appears to go the limit of what he would ask and I could go to another section to get the answer if it was not on the page when he asks. It is truly a remarkable dictionary. |
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Jane James (MSL quote), California
<2006-12-29 00:00>
I consider dictionaries and knowledge of how to properly use a dictionary, to be absolutely vital in anybody's education.
This is a very good choice for a child, or even for adults who are not accustomed to using dictionaries a lot. I like this one, because, unlike most children's dictionaries, most words a child will need to look up will be in there, and because most of the definitions are adequate. (Children's dictionaries are usually notoriously incomplete!)
My kids have a couple of dictionaries available when they study - if the word they need to get defined is not in this one (or if the needed definition is not included), they'll look it up in a high school or college dictionary. Fortunately, this doesn't happen very often!
I do recommend that every child have a copy of THIS particular dictionary, as it's the best one I've come across for younger kids. Also, I recommend Hubbard's "How to Use a Dictionary" book/course, so every student can really use dictionaries with success.
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Shannon Bradford (MSL quote), CA United States
<2006-12-29 00:00>
As a 5th grade teacher I was forced to buy the Scholastic Children's Dictionary last year because I didn't have much money to spend and it was affordable. After having spent a frustrating year trying to get some use out of this dictionary, I'm now purchasing another dictionary. Why? First, I was lucky enough to have more money available. As many teachers can attest, this is a rare occurrence. Second, the Scholastic Children's Dictionary just doesn't have enough words in it to be useful to my students. Time and time again, words that my students needed to look up just weren't in this dictionary. It's attractive enough; it has plenty of pictures; it includes a few word histories (I'd like more); and it has most of the other things you'd expect in a dictionary. The problem is that it doesn't include enough words for children at my grade level. I think it would be an adequate dictionary for 3rd grade students, but I wouldn't suggest it above that grade level.
Not wanting to make another mistake, I spent a considerable amount of time researching which dictionary to buy. I looked at over 20 dictionaries, including Merriam-Webster Children's Dictionary, MacMillan Dictionary for Students, American Heritage Student Dictionary, and several others. I finally settled on Thorndyke & Barnhart's Junior Dictionary. I also liked their intermediate dictionary, but it cost considerably more and it didn't include much additional information.
What I liked best about the Thorndyke & Barnhart's Junior Dictionary was that it includes many more words than the Scholastic Children's Dictionary (almost double). I typed up a list of over 200 words I couldn't find in the Scholastic Children's Dictionary and used this list when comparing the other dictionaries. Not only did the Thorndyke & Barnhart's Junior Dictionary have more of the words than any of the other dictionaries I looked at, its definitions were more appropriate, I thought, for 5th grade students than the others. The other dictionaries either dumped-down the definitions to the point of loosing meaning or left some definitions so complex that students of this age group couldn't understand them. The Thorndyke & Barnhart's Junior Dictionary had the best balance. The choice was a surprisingly simple after I started really looking at the dictionaries and comparing them.
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Kurt A. Johnson (MSL quote), Illinois, USA
<2006-12-29 00:00>
This large and handsome dictionary is designed for children aged 8 to 12. Along with the definitions are a number of excellent, highly colored pictures. The appendices of the book include the Braille alphabet, the American Sign Language, a map of the world, a list of flags and facts of the countries of the world, a map of the United States, a list of facts about the fifty American states, and a list of the Presidents of the United States. There is a lot of information in this book.
We bought this book for our children sight unseen for Christmas, 1999. During the following year, if I had reviewed this book, I would have given it five stars. However, since then things have changed. My daughter is now 9, and is in the fourth grade. When in the course of her homework, we have twice found the need to look up words that turned out to not be in this book, the two words are "phylum" and "covey."
I am rather disappointed that this dictionary is not sufficient for a 9 year-old's purposes, but I do not want to make too much of that. Overall this is a very good book, and a worthwhile addition to your library.
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