First Dictionary - The American Heritage

This newly updated edition of the award-winning American Heritage First Dictionary will engage children while giving them confidence as they learn to read. An ideal reference for grades K-2 (ages 5-8), it contains more than 2,000 age-appropriate vocabulary words enhanced by 850 full-color photographs and drawings and hundreds of instructive feature notes.

• Guidewords help to find entries
• Definitions are complete sentences
• Entry words are easy to find
• Word forms are used in context
• Feature notes show sound-alikes, opposites, rhyming words, and related words
• Example sentences clarify meaning
• Captioned artwork enhances the text
• Border reinforces alphabet skills