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Title: Thorndike-Barnhart Junior Dictionary by Edward L. Thorndike, Clarence Lewis Barnhart ISBN: 0-673-12449-5 Publisher: GoodYear Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent!!!! And offered at an unbelievable price too!
Comment: I wanted to get a more advanced dictionary for my 3rd grade son since the current Children's Dictionary he has often did not contain words we looked up. At first my Children's Dictionary search did not bring me to this book. But I read a review which recommended this dictionary. It was by a 5th Grade Teacher (Shannon Bradford), who also has her review here. I did my own comparisons of about 4 different dictionaries I found in my search. Using just the online reviews and descriptions, I decided to go with this one. When I received it, I was SO PLEASED! The book is so interesting. The beautiful color pictures and overall layout makes it interesting and fun to lookup words. Just flipping through it makes you want to stop and look at the pictures. I would have paid twice what I did for it. ...
Rating: 5
Summary: This is the best Children's Dictionary for 8 - 12 year olds
Comment: I'm a 5th grade teacher. I've used and compared many different dicitonaries. The Thorndike-Barnhart Junior Dictionary is the best by far that I've ever seen.
Recently I decided to buy dictionaries for my class. I looked at over 20 different student dictionaries. Some of the dictionaries I looked at were Merriam-Webster Children's Dictionary, MacMillan Dictionary for Students, American Heritage Student Dictionary, and Scholastic Children's Dictionary. None of these held a candle to the Thorndike-Barnhart Junior Dictionary. I took a list of over 200 words that my students couldn't find in our current dictionaries and I looked them up in each of the dictionaries I compared. There were two things I was looking for. First, I wanted to know which dictionary had most of these words. Second I wanted to know which dictionary struck the best balance defining the words in such a way that my students could understand them without loosing meaning or using langage that was too difficult for my students to understand. The Thorndike-Barnhart Junior Dictionary was the best in both categories by far.
There is also a Thorndike-Barnhart Intermediate Dictionary. It has the same words and definitions as this dictionary but also includes a bunch of extras (maps, lists, and such) but costs almost twice as much. If yo've got the money to spend, it might be worth it, but the price seemed high to me for what additional information it offered.
Rating: 4
Summary: My children love it, but complain it is not up to date.
Comment: This junior dictionary is ideal for 8 to 12 years old kids, ithas everything they need at that age. The dictionary is built in sucha colorfull way that is easy for them to find the words and their different meanings with examples, homographs, homophones, idioms and inflected forms. Pronunciation keys are presented at the botton of every right hand page. A new edition is required to update the new countries and world map. The price is a real bargain.
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Title: Thorndike Barnhart Student Dictionary by Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley ISBN: 0673124479 Publisher: GoodYear Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $28.40 |
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Title: Thorndike Barnhart Children's Dictionary: Medallion Edition by Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley, Foresman Scott ISBN: 0673589331 Publisher: Scott Foresman (Pearson K-12) Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: A History of US, Book 2: Making Thirteen Colonies (History of US) by Joy Hakim ISBN: 0195153227 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: DK Merriam-Webster Children's Dictionary by Merriam-Webster ISBN: 0789452383 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Webster's New World Student's Dictionary by Jonathan L. Goldman, Andrew N. Sparks ISBN: 0028613198 Publisher: Webster's New World Pub. Date: 20 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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