5 Great Kids Dictionaries
Make reading a part of your daily family life. Get great books, reading tips & book-related crafts & activities with our monthly newsletter. Click here to subscribe.
There’s something wonderful about watching kids flip through a dictionary. It’s empowering - they’re solving a problem while learning vocabulary and self-sufficiency. It’s a quiet moment of academic independence.
A great kids dictionary is easy to use and engaging. It will supply an answer and encourage more exploration. We look for dictionaries that have age-appropriate words & information, easy to understand definitions and useful illustrations. Check out these titles below…
Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary. This classic has over 36,000 words and phrases and 1,300 quotes from children's literature. Updated words include alternative energy, social media and STEM. This dictionary also features 250 word history paragraphs, 120 synonym paragraphs and 900 illustrations, photographs and diagrams.
Super Heroes: My First Dictionary. Get heroic with words. This visual dictionary pairs DC superheroes (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, etc) with 500 words popular among the preschool set. Each entry includes an illustration, and an example of the word used in a sentence.
Space Dictionary for Kids: The Everything Guide for Kids Who Love Space. Explore cosmology, stars & galaxies, the solar system, space exploration, exoplanets and astrobiology. Hop on an astronomy timeline to learn the story of how primitive ancient beliefs evolved over centuries to become a high-technology science.
Dictionary of Dinosaurs. Find out about every dinosaur that’s been discovered. Read about when they lived, where they lived and what they ate. Learn the ins and outs of Diplodocus, T-rex, Triceratops,Velociraptor, Stegosaurus and Brachiosaurus.
My First Dictionary. 1,000 entries and a picture for every word makes this an ideal starter dictionary for kids 5+. Explore nouns, verbs, and adjectives commonly encountered by young children (rainbow, hand, starfish).
