Dictionaries & Reference Books

Add excitement and variety to your ordinary classroom routines with these colorful spinners. The spinners provide students with a fun and nondisruptive way to feel a sense of ownership in their learning. Students interact by spinning to determine which qu

A new edition of America's best-selling dictionary! A Kivar bound, plain-edged version featuring more than 225,000 clear and precise definitions, 700 illustrations, and more than 10,000 new words and meanings. Special section includes a Handbook of Style.

A compact word resource conveniently 3-hole punched for binders. 40,000 entries for widely used words. Precise, easy-to-understand definitions and pronunciations. Brief punctuation guide. 81/2" x 11". 96 pages.

A practical writing resource for fast answers to style and grammar questions. Covers punctuation, capitalization, and more. Shows how to create notes and bibliographies. Includes a grammar glossary. 3-hole punched. 8 1/2" x 11" 64 pages.

Clearly written and easy to use, these two books created in cooperation with the Editors of Merriam-Webster provide language reference basics at a great price. Dictionary has more than 40,000 entries with clear definitions and pronunciation. Thesaurus ent

The First Dictionary is the best language reference tool offering all of these outstanding features: Bright , attractive, easy-to-read design. Contains definitions of over 1,500 headwords. Illustrated through out with 600 full-color photographs. Phonetic

This colorful boxed set of five paperback volumes is a portable language reference library. Titles included in this set: Webster's Dictionary for Students, Webster's Thesaurus for Students, Webster's Vocabulary Builder, Webster's Punctuation Guide, and

Created especially for elementary students, the dictionary provides concise, clearly written definitions while the thesaurus includes thousands of example phrases to help students choose the best word. More than 32,000 kid-friendly dictionary definitions.

Created by the editors of Merriam-Webster, this attractive new dictionary meets the needs of today's student. The word list and the definitions reflect the vocabulary level, curriculum requirements and the personal interests of children in second to sixth

This 704 page volume, created in cooperation with the editors of Merriam-Webster, is the best dictionary for students grades 6+. With over 70,000 definitions that help build vocabulary. Includes: Main entry word, pronunciation, inflected forms, definition

More than 400,000 definitions, synonyms, antonyms, related and contrasted words, and idioms so that you will always be able to find the right word. The clear, concise definitions, guides to pronunciation and examples of word use in the dictionary plus the

Updated for 2007, this dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of American English as it is used today in the academic, business, scientific, and creative communities. Includes 330,000 words and definitions, 1,300+ entries in the updated New Words and