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A reference tool just for kids to use on their ownProduct InformationBasedon the award-winning collection of children's reference books from Kingfisherthis plete reference library is designed just for children. Browse textarticles a time line multimedia extras famous quotations and more. Zak thefriendly onscreen guide helps children navigate through the easy-to-read textand colorful graphics. Children start a search by clicking on objects in Zak'sroom. Each object represents one of 17 categories such as Animals Sports orHistory. Jump to related information with over 35000 links to maps photostime lines videos and other articles. Watch concepts e to life pletewith animation music and narration. Pump up your word power! Every word islinked to a dictionary definition. Plus find synonyms quotations famoussayings and expressions.Includes Dictionary Thesaurus Atlas Biographies Books of Words and much more!Product Features 28000+ articles with cool graphics audio and lively text make research fun and exciting 35000 cross links help children quickly find relevant information Thousands of pictures bring topics to life Animated sequences clarify difficult concepts Copy-and-paste capabilities make it easy to drop excerpts and pictures into reportsWindows System Requirements Windows 98 Me  (not patible with XP) 486SX/25 MHz or faster 8 MB RAM 6 MB free hard disk space 640x480 monitor 256 colors Windows-patible sound card & speakers 2X CD-ROM drive Inter access (optional) * * The online services advertised as part of this product may be changed or discontinued at any time.

This powerful reference tool is packed with the features that English and Spanish language learners need most. Designed to enhance grammar and speech skills, it speaks words and phrases providing students and language-lovers with sample sentences, advanced verb conjugations and learning exercises.

A new edition of America's best-selling dictionary! Setting the standard with: Fully revised print edition featuring more than 225,000 definitions More than 10,000 new words and meanings Win/Mac CD-ROM for local electronic access Free one-year subscription to Collegiate Web site

Summary:Containing 12,000 synonyms, 10,000 antonyms, and 2,000 homonyms, this versatile book is the perfect reference tool for student writers. Not only will it help students expand their vocabularies, this lightweight volume will help young people pick the perfect words to express their thought and feelings.About the Author:•0Author:Scholastic Inc.Illustrator:0Publisher:Scholastic ReferencePublished Date:04/01/2001Format:PaperbackISBN:0439254159#of pages:#N/A

The latest edition of the American Heritage Dictionary is out, and that's hot news--not just for the resolute followers of lexicographical minutiae, but for the general reading and writing public as well. Why? Because the American Heritage is a long-standing favorite family dictionary (never underestimate the value of pictures) and one of the prime dictionary references for magazines, newspapers, and dot.com content providers. For scads of writers and editors across the U.S., it sets the standard on matters of style and lexicographical authority. So this new edition is exciting and noteworthy, but how good is it? In its favor, the fourth edition is as current a dictionary as you can get. It's six years fresher than the 1994 version, with 10,000 words and definitions you won't find in the still venerable but now slightly dated third edition. For example, unlike its predecessor (and also unlike the 1996 Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary), this fourth edition covers dot-com, e-commerce, and soccer mom, Ebonics, Viagra, and a surf definition for cruising television channels and the Internet. Its panel of special consultants includes authorities on anthropology, architecture, cinema, and law, plus military science, music, religion, and sports, and that is reflected in an impressively comprehensive coverage of the arts, culture, and technology. Sadly, however, there are no medical consultants on the panel, and that loss is felt in some substandard medical definitions. Other flaws: there's a greater than usual tendency to define a word with a form of the same word--for example, fuzzy, whose first two definitions are "1. covered with fuzz." and "2. of or resembling fuzz." And some definitions seem needlessly wordy, such as the entry for furious, which is "full of or characterized by extreme anger; raging." Compare that with the more succinct Oxford Encyclopedic entry: "1. extremely angry. 2. full of fury." On the other hand, there are valuable entries throughout the dictionary supplying additional information on synonyms, usage, or word history, and these extras, such as the history of diatribe and the usage notes on discomfit, are interesting. The layout is easy on the eyes, with dark blue/green bold type setting the words apart from their definitions, and 4,000 color photographs, maps, and illustrations that are both useful and delightful. On one page, the margin provides color depictions of Francis Bacon, bacterium, and a Bactrian camel. Theodore Roosevelt and a rooster share another margin, while a third page offers Isak Dinesen, a dingo, and dinoflagellate. It is a fascinating book to peruse, and a compellingly scholarly addition to the American Heritage Dictionary line. --Stephanie Gold

* Over 70,000 entries * Thoroughly revised and updated * 1,000 new words and meanings * Over 400 photographs and illustrations * Expert guidance on correct usage Based on the bestselling American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition American Heritage® dictionaries are widely known as the most innovative and informative dictionaries in today's market. This all-new fourth edition of the best-selling classic continues that tradition with its clear and precise definitions, its expert usage guidance, and its wealth of illustrations. Newly updated to reflect our changing language, this revised edition is the most up-to-date and authoritative dictionary available today. * More than a thousand new entries for such terms as e-tailer, zine, bioreserve, chatroom, red card, domestic partner * More biographical and geographical entries than any other paperback, thoroughly updated for the new millennium * The most lavishly illustrated dictionary on the market -- with over 400 images * Expert usage guidance based on the American Heritage® Usage Panel * Regional notes from around the country * Hundreds of synonym lists, fascinating etymologies, and much more American Heritage® Dictionaries. Setting a new standard. About the Author: The Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries and Thesauri are trained lexicographers with a varied array of interests and expertise. Most of the editors hold graduate degrees and have studied at least one foreign language. Several have degrees in linguistics or in the history of the English language. Others have degrees in science or sometimes other disciplines. All the editors familiarize themselves with the vocabulary in specific subject areas, collect materials on new developments and usage, and work in association with consultants to ensure that the content of our publications is as accurate and as up-to-date as possible