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Scholastic Children’s Thesaurus

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The revised SCHOLASTIC CHILDREN’S THESAURUS contains over 500 headwords and 2,500 synonyms specifically chosen for young writers, and an all-new design makes this book more user-friendly than ever.

For this revised thesaurus, more than 500 alphabetical headword entries and 2,500 synonyms have been specifically designed to best help beginning writers. Each headword has been carefully selected and includes the part of speech, definition, and example sentence. Synonyms following each headword are also defined and followed by a sample sentence. These sentences help the reader see how the word is in most cases used, and also illustrate the grammatical constructions that they are Frequently used in.

What would you do if your teacher told you to stop the use of the word “nice” so much? If you had the Scholastic Children’s Thesaurus, you’d flip through it until you found “nice” between “new” and “noise.” Then you’d find your options: “pleasant,” “agreeable,” “good-natured,” “delightful,” and “improbable” (defined as “extremely nice or good!”). Nearby, a color bar warns, “Nice is a very general word to describe someone you like or something that makes you feel good, but it’s not very specific. Be careful not to overuse it. Frequently a stronger or more specific word is better.” At this point, you might be rolling your eyes because your teacher already said all that, but you’ll be able to be a more pleasant, agreeable, good-natured, delightful, and improbable creator for your efforts!

John K. Bollard’s thesaurus, playfully illustrated by Mike Reed, contains more than 500 main “headwords” and 2,500 synonyms, but if you’ll be able to’t find the word you’re on the lookout for–“energetic,” for example–you’ll be able to flip to the index in the back where you’ll be able to find “Energetic–See Lively.” Lively leads you to “active,” “energetic,” and “vigorous.” All synonyms include a definition as well as one or more sample sentences. This fine thesaurus–paired with the Scholastic Children’s Dictionary–will help any young creator make appropriate word choices, think more critically about language, and due to this fact proceed to the head of the class! (Ages 9 to 13) –Karin Snelson

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