Scholastic Children's Dictionary (2019)

My little writer wants to expand his horizons and we would really like to stop fielding "How do I spell ____" every four minutes. Thus a compromise, the Children's Dictionary from Scholastic. Our criteria for a dictionary were pretty simple: it needed to be colourful, appropriate for a precocious 7-year-old, and extensive enough to handle inquiries like spelling president, because, typically, and vacation. We didn't want to venture into more complex dictionaries beyond his current ability to read and locate words, and a pretty format would help. This dictionary hits all those high notes. It's easily one of the nicest dictionaries going for this age group, with easy to read entries that feature lots of white space, colour coding, and succinct descriptions that won't leave kiddo or parent confused. He can sit down and lose himself in the informative sections about presidents, states, and trees. With some instructions on basic dictionary use from Mom and Dad, our son can usually find the correct spelling without resorting to asking Siri or a parent. We have noticed a significant improvement in his overall literacy and spelling accuracy in the two months he has had it, and his ability to locate words or at least get close enough to recognize the right one is made so much easier by the clean, bold tags. For younger readers, it's going to be less of a reference material than something they can grow into. For older readers, this is still an excellent addition because of its comprehensive store of common words, good descriptions for what each means, and illustrations kept to a reasonable minimum.

The overall quality is very good, the feel is thick, the paper is also very delicate, and it is not easy to tear. There is no need to worry about the child's turning over and breaking it. There is no strange smell, and I feel at ease when I get it in my hand. The content arrangement is also very clear, and the illustrations are rich. Children especially like to read it. I also think this children's dictionary is very worthwhile, and I am really satisfied with this purchase.

Excellent choice for kids.

When my 9 year old niece asked for a dictionary, I set upon my search for the perfect one, and I do believe i found it with this one! There are pictures and fun facts here and there that tell the history of some words, which is super cool! For example, I learned from one of these fun fact word history boxes that the word intestine literally comes from the Latin intestinus which means the thing that is inside. Also, there’s no weird, indecipherable dictionary letters that are supposed to tell you how to pronounce the word but really serve no purpose whatsoever because they’re totally unintuitive. No no, this dictionary uses literal phonetic sounds to help you sound out the word. For example, you would find ber•ee in the definition of berry. Perfect. And finally, I really loved that they show the whole word intact for each entry, then they define it, then they break it out into the syllables and the phonetic pronunciation.

This dictionary is not named correctly. It actually goes up to grade 10. I have used it in my business (The Dyslexia & Learning Disability Center, Inc.) in all its incarnations for 20 years. It is wonderful, because the font is large and clean (no serifs), the letter "g" is normal (no curling), the pages are thick and legible, the words frequently have good sentences accompanying the definitions, and the "words without pictures" (i.e. "a," "the," "on," etc.) have great definitions for my clients to use to create sentences on their own and draw pictures. You have to match the picture with the definition with the word in order to be able to read the word. I have all of my clients and/or their families, ages 4 through 85, purchase this dictionary to continue the work that I start with them. The more words that they clean up, the better they read!

This book is useful. I wish we had dictionaries like these when we were growing up. It captures the kids attention more and seems to easily explain the words. My child loves the book.

I bought this to add to our homeschool library. It is heavy and textbook feel. Great addition if you want offline resources.

Awesome dictionary, very colorful and inviting for any age to read

Compré este diccionario para mi hija de 8 años y le encantó, excelente calidad de hojas pasta, ilustraciones, si bien es cierto que es un poco grande y pesado, en realidad a nosotros nos funciona perfecto porque solo es para que haga sus tareas en casa, no para llevar y traer diario en la mochila.Llego antes de lo esperado, para mi tiene 10 de 10. Lo recomiendo mucho.

I love this dictionary, you can find a part of speech at the of book with full details and more. It is very useful even for myself.

Good for the kids.

値段がこれ系の辞書としては安かったので試しに注文してみました。中身はそれほど期待していなかったので、届いて見てびっくり。分厚い、重い。だけど内容はすごく良い。この値段でこれだけの充実した中身とは、本当に驚きです。巻末にアメリカの州や領土の解説、歴代大統領の写真が載っていたり、日本人には全く馴染みがない(けどアメリカ人が学校で習ってそうな感じの)人名が所々出てきたりと面白過ぎです。 久々に良い買い物したな、と思える商品でした。アメリカ英語好きの方は特におすすめです。単純にパラパラ眺めてつまみ読みしてるだけでも楽しめる本です。

É grande e didático. Veio rápido.