Description
No Jacket. The Near Fine binding is illustrated paper over boards, illustrations and the corresponding words, red and black lettering on the cover, Yellow and black ink on the spine, Illustrated border with about the book details, corners lightly bumped. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The colorful illustrations by Gertrude Elliott can be found throughout the book. Book measures 10.2″ wide x 13″ Tall. “A Giant Golden Book”
About the book: (from the book)
The Golden Dictionary is one of the best loved and most widely circulated children’s dictionaries of all time, It is used extensively in schools and homes throughout the English-speaking world. Here are some of its outstanding features:
1030 WORD ENTRIES PLUS 888 VARIANTS most needed by children, carefully chosen from authoritative standard word
1500 COLORFUL ILLUSTRATIONS make using the dictionary fun; facilitate rapid finding of words; help 1o give a visual picture of word meanings.
CLEAR, CONCISE DEFINITIONS printed in large readable type; phrased in simple contextual sentences.
INTRODUCTION TO ALPHABETICAL ORGANIZATION encourages non-readers in functional mastery of alphabet; fosters easy transition to advanced dictionaries.
WORD GROUPINGS BY CATEGORIES assist in the natural building of vocabulary; aid in the formation of basic concepts.
The Golden Dictionary is an ideal book for all young children those just becoming interested in words, as well as those who are beginning to read.
