My First Dictionary

by Jonathan Langley

The very definition of a beginner's illustrated dictionary!

Colorful and engaging, My First Dictionary depicts and defines the 1,000 nouns, verbs, and adjectives most commonly encountered by young children. Complied by the respected reading and language specialist who created My First Word Book, and thoroughly vetted by educators, it takes an exciting visual approach by laying out words and pictures on a grid format so that children can quickly identify what word belongs with which color photo or illustration. Every definition — field-tested on kids of the appropriate age group—gives the word's primary meaning in terms of a youngster's experience. Useful as a first word book to aid in vocabulary development, spelling and alphabetizing skills, or as an enjoyable, practical language reference source for beginning readers, My First Dictionary makes language live.

Genres: Childrens, Nonfiction, Reference

Hardcover

First published July 26, 1993

About the author

Jonathan Langley is a British writer and illustrator of children's books. He has also worked as a freelance illustrator and designer in publishing, editorial, design, advertising, film, gift market, and packaging.

Reviews

[Heinrich DuBose-Schmitt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Corinna's favorite book. She loves the 'b' words because it includes 'birthday'!

[AshS · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh.

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

The editors, writers, and illustrators for all of the Dorling Kindersley Books are first rate.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars. I like to use this type of book to expand the vocabulary of very young children.

[Joshua's Mom · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't except much from this book when my son got it for his birthday but he has turned out to love it. Each letter has several words with a pictures and an easy to understand definition of each word. He asks to read a page before bed each night. He is at a stage where he loves to learn the definition of things and he also enjoys the extra we add to each object as we go over it.

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fabulous first dictionary. My grandson and I sit and browse every day. He is almost two, and has an extensive vocabulary. We turn to a page and I say, "Which word would you like to hear about." He says the name or points, and we read the blurb. It is just great!