Monday 21 September 2020
Review: Australian Children's Illustrated Dictionary
Parents, teachers and librarians will find this
reference resource the ideal first dictionary for young readers.
With every entry illustrated in stunning colour, it
will improve language skills, and broaden the mind.
How to use this dictionary opens
the door to a journey of learning.
Definitions, sometimes more than one, examples
of how to use words in a sentence and parts of speech, are the first crucial
areas addressed.
The main attraction of the A, is the alphabet in a mixture of languages:
English, Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic, Gujarati, Japanese, Roman.
The whole book makes learning fun with Dictionary
games. It explains words that sound alike and others that are spelt the same
but sound different. There are single
pages dedicated to one theme, many have two, filled with images dedicated to
that letter.
There are lots of extras
as well. A double page of Abbreviations, a Spelling Guide, a Word Building
page, Facts and Figures with Metric and Imperial measures, temperatures in Fahrenheit
and Celsius, Cardinal and Ordinal numbers, Roman numerals; symbols and
punctuation marks, and countries of the world.
This is the book adults
are looking for to hand over to their children. It is jam-packed with
information and in no way disappoints. Beautifully presented, it’s a book
children will use for years.
Title:
Australian Children’s Illustrated Dictionary
Author:
John Mcllwain
Illustrator:
Grahame Corbett, Peter Dennis, et al.
Publisher:
Penguin, $35.00
Publication
Date: 31 March 2020
Format:
Hardcover
ISBN:
9781760896577
For
ages: 8+
Type:
Non Fiction
