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 American Heritage Dictionary of the English LanguageThis updated edition of America’s favorite dictionary features revised biographical and geographical entries as well as up-to-date charts and tables for topics such as world currencies and chemical elements. Among the 500 entries new to this update are Amber Alert, blogosphere, gravitino, halo effect, hawala, lycopene, malware, micropolis, proteome, Qi Gong, SARS, shout-out, speed dating, sudoku, Texas hold’em, text message, and wiki.
 Curious Georges DictionaryThe world’s most curious monkey investigates new words in this lively picture dictionary for young children.
Curious George’s Dictionary is an engaging picture dictionary specially designed for children from preschool through first grade. Both entertaining and educationally sound, it features charming illustrations and reflects recent research in early childhood literacy, setting it apart from other picture dictionaries. The main part of the dictionary is an A-Z section containing approximately six hundred words, six words to a page. Each word is illustrated with a full-color drawing, most of which have been created for this book by the popular illustrator Mary O’Keefe Young. More than half the illustrations include a sample sentence that puts the word in a familiar context.
 American Heritage Children's DictionaryThis award-winning dictionary for young readers encourages language exploration with accessible definitions and thought-provoking feature notes. Entry words are illustrated throughout with clear, colorful artwork.
• More than 13,000 main entries, fully updated for 2006
• Thousands of sample sentences showing typical usage
• Hundreds of Word History, Language Detective, Vocabulary Builder, Synonym, and Spelling notes
• More than 1,000 full-color photographs and drawings
• Separate thesaurus, phonics and spelling, parts of speech, and geography sections in an appendix
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