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English
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"[T]his delightful book introduces beginning readers to the idea of alphabetical order and prepares them for higher-level dictionaries. Its vivid illustrations and simple example sentences help explain the meanings of over 900 of the words children encounter most often in their reading and in daily life." --Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"What is a bumbershoot? Or a moonbow? And what does it mean when someone absquatulates...? Find out all this and more....Test your knowledge with more than 400 words to amaze, confuse, and inspire budding wordsmiths (and adults). All of the words featured...are difficult to spell, hard to say, and their meanings are obscure to most children (and most adults)! Written with simple, easy-to-understand definitions...celebrates the beauty of the English...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Children's
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
En El gran libro de mi mundo los niños encontrarán todo aquello que más les gusta de su mundo, así como explicaciones de cuanto quieren saber: cómo se llaman las cosas, qué hacen y adónde van. Con vivos colores, dibujos divertidos, conceptos clave y entretenidos juegos, este es un libro para que lo exploren padres y niños, y al que estos volverán una y otra vez por su propia cuenta. Un regalo perfecto que lo tiene todo para iniciar a los...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
How did the plains nations benefit from the buffalo? How did they use other animals to make warm clothing for winter? This illustrated dictionary introduces the way of life of the early Native peoples who lived on the Great Plains. Themes include: homes, food, clothing, transportation, and hunting techniques.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
What would you do if your teacher told you to stop using the word "nice" so much? If you had the Big Picture Thesaurus, you might thumb through it until you found "nice" between "new" and "noise." Then you'd find your options: "pleasant," "agreeable," "good-natured," "delightful," and "fantastic". At this point, you might be scratching your head deciding which word to use, but once you find it you'll be a more pleasant, agreeable, good-natured, delightful,...
Author
Publisher
EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
"Este bonito diccionario ilustrado organizado por temas contiene más de 2000 palabras interesantes, útiles e inusuales que inspirarán a los niños a escribir historias. Incluye una gran variedad de temas, desde viajes a héroes y villanos, además de juegos de palabras sencillos y consejos para describir cosas"--Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
This colorful dictionary is a treasure trove of illustrated information about early life in colonial America. Topics include: colonial houses, a plantation and its outbuildings, wood and metalworkers and their tools, shops and shopkeepers, transportation, the apothecary, milliner, wigmaker, and many more.
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