The world's most curious monkey investigates new words in thislively picture dictionary for young children. Curious George'sDictionary is an engaging picture dictionary specially designed forchildren from preschool through first grade. Both entertaining andeducationally sound, it features charming illustrations andreflects recent research in early childhood literacy, setting itapart from other picture dictionaries. The main part of thedictionary is an A-Z section containing approximately six hundredwords, six words to a page. Each word is illustrated with afull-color drawing, most of which have been created for this bookby the popular illustrator Mary O'Keefe Young. More than half theillustrations include a sample sentence that puts the word in afamiliar context. A four-page illustrated story at the front of thebook shows George learning how to look up words in his dictionary,drawing children in while introducing them to dictionary skills. Atthe end of the book, seven one- to two-page illustrations presentgr
The world's most curious monkey investigates new words in thislively picture dictionary for young children. Curious George'sDictionary is an engaging picture dictionary specially designed forchildren from preschool through first grade. Both entertaining andeducationally sound, it features charming illustrations andreflects recent research in early childhood literacy, setting itapart from other picture dictionaries. The main part of thedictionary is an A-Z section containing approximately six hundredwords, six words to a page. Each word is illustrated with afull-color drawing, most of which have been created for this bookby the popular illustrator Mary O'Keefe Young. More than half theillustrations include a sample sentence that puts the word in afamiliar context. A four-page illustrated story at the front of thebook shows George learning how to look up words in his dictionary,drawing children in while introducing them to dictionary skills. Atthe end of the book, seven one- to two-page illustrations presentgr
Packed with all the zany humour and bizarre characters thatmake Dr.Seuss so popular with young readers, this wacky dictionarywill keep children laughing all the way from A to Z.Containing over1000 everyday words arranged in alphabetical order, The Cat in theHat Dictionary takes a typically Seussian approach, with a host ofcrazy animals and potty people doing some of the strangest things –from crocodiles nursing babies and goats playing horns to dogseating noodles and bears playing marbles.None the less, the bookhas a serious purpose in that it teaches young children aged threeupwards fundamental dictionary skills, without them even realisingit. While they laugh at the pictures and look at the words, theyare also learning about word and picture association, alphabeticalorder, word searching, word usage and alliteration, not to mentionlearning to read. All that from one book!
