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The American Heritage Children’s Thesaurus

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Ages 8–12, Grades 3–6

With more than 4,000 entries and 36,000 synonyms, this up to date, award-winning thesaurus encourages young writers to think analytically about their word choices. Entries are arranged in a way that distinguishes between words that are close synonyms and words that differ fairly in meaning or usage. More than 150 full-color photographs illustrate the many example sentences and make this book as attractive as it is useful. As an added bonus, this up to date edition includes an explanation of the major parts of speech, to help young writers establish a firm grasp of language.

Is this a conventional thesaurus? Regular and standard? Or would you say it used to be more unusual–exceptional and outstanding? Paul Hellweg’s The American Heritage Children’s Thesaurus is both, in reality. It provides everything you’d expect from a children’s thesaurus–4,000 words with over 36,000 synonyms–but it is unusually clear and colorfully presented. Each deep purple entry includes its a part of speech in italics, and lists the suggested synonyms in bold, best matches first. Each word is used in a sentence to clarify its meaning. Color photographs are sprinkled during for visual relief, and “Antonyms” and “Word Groups” boxes help expand vocabulary choices. Word groups are reserved for words like “international,” which doesn’t have a real synonym but a cluster of closely related words such as “communal, global, national, planetary, universal,” and “all over the world.” If your favorite students generally tend to overuse words like “nice,” “funny,” and “weird” (and who doesn’t, in reality?), this handy reference will have them turning a phrase with finesse. (Ages 8 to 12)

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