McGraw-Hill's Spanish Picture Dictionary

by McGraw-Hill Education

Gives exciting new meaning to the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words Perfect for children ages four-nine, these references employ stunning illustrations and photographs to bring to life the meanings of hundreds of essential terms. Filled with beautiful two-page spreads, McGraw-Hill's Spanish Picture Dictionary and McGraw-Hill's French Picture Dictionary each pictorially define more than 1,400 objects, people, concepts, and actions common to the everyday world of kids--from town and country, kitchen to classroom. Following the curricula of U.S. primary-school Spanish and French programs, the dictionaries also provide key phrases for children's first conversations incorporated within illustrated minidialogues that provide models for making introductions, commenting on the weather, stating their age, talking about what they are wearing, and other basic conversational situations. A great way to introduce Spanish and/or French, the dictionaries feature:

Genres: Reference

96 pages, Hardcover

First published January 22, 2004

About the author

McGraw-Hill Education traces its history back to 1888 when James H. McGraw, co-founder of the company, purchased the American Journal of Railway Appliances. He continued to add further publications, eventually establishing The McGraw Publishing Company in 1899. His co-founder, John A. Hill, had also produced several technical and trade publications and in 1902 formed his own business, The Hill Publishing Company.

In 1909 both men agreed upon an alliance and combined the book departments of their publishing companies into The McGraw-Hill Book Company. John Hill served as President, with James McGraw as Vice-President. 1917 saw the merger of the remaining parts of each business into The McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc.

Reviews

[Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Name: Taylor Myatt
Title: McGraw-Hill's Spanish picture dictionary. (2004). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Type of Reference: Dictionary
Call Number: PC4629 .I43 2004
Brief Description: This book, appropriate for ages 4-9, uses vivid pictures to introduce over 1,400 commonly used Spanish words and phrases to English speaking elementary school students.
Cost: $9.90
Relevance and Relationship: The relevance is for those students who wish to learn words and phrases in Spanish.
Purpose: This dictionary could easily be incorporated into activities in the everyday classroom.
Assignments could be given
Validity: This book was published in 2004, which makes it less than 10 years old.
Format: The format of this dictionary is print with illustrations.
Arrangement and Presentation: The book is arranged by groupings of words that you would use at home, at school, on the street, and on vacation.
Diversity: This book promotes diversity by encouraging students to learn another language. There is a high population of Hispanic students at my school and this book could easily create a bridge between language barriers. It is also appropriate for various reading levels and abilities because it incorporates pictures as well as words.

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