The Childcraft Dictionary 1991 World Book Inc Vintage Hardcover Reference Book

Description: Vintage Children’s Book, The Childcraft Dictionary, Copyright 1991 by World Book Inc. The Childcraft Dictionary, produced by the publishers of The World Book Dictionary, is an entirely new work. All material was selected, written, and illustrated to meet the abilities, needs, and interests of children. The hundreds of full-color illustrations, both drawings and photographs, offer another kind of learning experience. Pictures, especially those that compare or contrast subjects, are both fun to look at and invaluable aids to understanding. For quick recognition and ease of use, entry words are set as whole words, just as they would appear in any reading material. Definitions give the most commonly used meaning first. Care has been taken to ensure that definitions use simpler words than the words being defined. For World Book, Inc. Publishers of The World Book Encyclopedia, The World Book Dictionary, and Childcraft—The How and Why Library. “The Childcraft Dictionary puts special emphasis on vocabulary development. Many prefixes and suffixes are entry words, and with most of these there is a Word Power that shows how to form and understand words that are not entries. Another kind of Word Power lists terms that are related by topic so as to encourage children to explore the vocabulary of a particular subject, such as music, health, government, computers, or religion. Other entries have a Word History that tells the story behind the word, or a Language Fact that explains differences in the pronunciation of a word such as roof; the use of different words for the same thing, such as bag and sack; proper grammatical usage, as for lie and lay; or the difference between such words as principal and principle. Idioms, synonyms, antonyms, and homophones all play a vital part in language development, and this dictionary has hundreds of these. A red square signals the idioms, and a blue dot signals the synonyms, antonyms, and homophones. In addition, the Word Power Exercises in the Reference Section will enable children to test their vocabulary knowledge.” Please note that this is only The Childcraft Dictionary. Please see our store for other volumes to replace or complete your Childcraft collection! Contents 7 Preface 8 How to Use Your Dictionary 8 What Is a Dictionary? 8 Alphabetical Order 9 Guide Words 9 Entry Words 13 Definitions 14 Sentences and Phrases 14 Part of Speech Labels 14 Understanding the Parts of Speech 15 Word Division 16 Pronunciation 18 Common Spellings of English Sounds 20 Plurals of Nouns 20 Verb Forms 20 Adjective Forms 20 Abbreviations 21 Idioms 21 Homophones 22 Cross-References 22 Synonyms and Antonyms 23 Word History Feature 24 Language Fact Feature 24 Word Power Feature 25 How Pictures Help You to Understand 28 Full Pronunciation Key 1-836 Dictionary of the English Language, A-Z 837 Reference Section 838 Word Power Exercises 847 Presidents of the United States 848 Prime Ministers of Canada 849 The Fifty States and Their Capitals 850 The Provinces and Territories of Canada and Their Capitals 851 Independent Countries of the World and Their Capitals 854 Major Languages 854 Continents of the World 854 Oceans and Seas 855 Longest Rivers 855 Gods and Goddesses 856 Metric Conversion Tables 857 The Magic of Words 858 You Can Make Magic! 859 Fun with Words 869 Names Are Words 883 Word Stories © 1991, 1990, 1989 World Book, Inc. World Book, Inc. Chicago, IL ISBN 0-7166-1491-X Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 90-71233 Printed in the United States of America E/IA Pre owned vintage book with light wear to cover. Some light staining to some pages. Otherwise good condition with sound binding. All pages are complete and intact, with no rips or tears. No writing, stickers, or markings to book. This book is as pictured, please see photos for details.

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