Curious Georges Dictionary 好奇猴乔治字典 9780618986491

The world's most curious monkey investigates new words in thislively picture dictionary for young children. Curious George'sDictionary is an engaging picture dictionary specially designed forchildren from preschool through first grade. Both entertaining andeducationally sound, it features charming illustrations andreflects recent research in early childhood literacy, setting itapart from other picture dictionaries. The main part of thedictionary is an A-Z section containing approximately six hundredwords, six words to a page. Each word is illustrated with afull-color drawing, most of which have been created for this bookby the popular illustrator Mary O'Keefe Young. More than half theillustrations include a sample sentence that puts the word in afamiliar context. A four-page illustrated story at the front of thebook shows George learning how to look up words in his dictionary,drawing children in while introducing them to dictionary skills. Atthe end of the book, seven one- to two-page illustrations presentgroups of words related by simple themes such as colors, shapes,and numbers. Developed in collaboration with educationalconsultants, the word list includes not only concrete objects butmany more abstract concepts, like discover and enough, than doother picture dictionaries. Such words are essential for vocabularydevelopment, and Curious George's antics bring them alive, makingthem easy and fun for children to learn.