Merriam Webster
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"Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary is geared towards students ages 8-11. This full-color reference contains more than 36,000 entries as well as hundreds of illustrations, photographs, and diagrams. The book includes paragraphs about word histories, word roots, and synonyms; quotations from children's literature; maps and Geographical Names; and guides to Capitalization and Punctuation"--
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An invaluable, easy-to-use resource for those who require or prefer large print, this dictionary includes the core of the American English vocabulary and offers many of the same key features that make Merriam-Webster dictionaries best-sellers. Developed in conjunction with the National Association for the Visually Handicapped, the book is thorough in its content, readable, and conveniently sized.