]An updated edition of the essential dictionary for children grades 3-5 (ages 8-11), is a perfect resource for school or home with more than 36,000 entries. Updated to include new vocabulary from a variety of fields, such as alternative energy, social media and STEM, definitions are enriched with nearly 1,300 quotes from classic and contemporary children’s literature, 250 word history paragraphs, 120 synonym paragraphs, and more than 900 vibrant, colorful illustrations, photographs and diagrams. A great study aid for students building vocabulary.