<P>Fun and easy to use, The Junior Illustrated Dictionary & Thesaurus is the ideal choice for upper elementary and middle-school children who are beginning to expand their vocabulary. Comprehensive and authoritative, it defines more than 4,000 words with clear, age-appropriate entries, and also includes a thesaurus with more than 5,000 headwords. </P><P>Plenty of sample sentences offer further clarification, while the intuitive pronunciation guides make difficult words easy to say. </P><P>Hundreds of bright photographs and illustrations contribute extra vocabulary information and make this book a verbal and visual treasure trove.<BR></P><P>Special features include<BR>•Full-color, high-interest topic boxes provide an in-depth look at selected subjects and related vocabulary<BR>•Color-coded guide words and alphabet strings on page edges that make words easy to look up<BR>•Vocabulary panels <BR>•Definitions clearly identifying parts of speech, different word forms, and alternate spellings<BR>•Information about synonyms, antonyms, and key language topics</P>