Fleming Community Library

An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

"Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary is geared towards students ages 8-11. This full-color reference contains more than 36,000 entries as well as hundreds of illustrations, photographs, and diagrams. The book includes paragraphs about word histories, word roots, and synonyms; quotations from children's literature; maps and Geographical Names; and guides to Capitalization and Punctuation"--

The Devil's Dictionary (1906) is a work of satire by Ambrose Bierce. Although he is commonly remembered for his chilling short stories on the experiences of Civil War soldiers, Bierce was recognized in his day as a leading journalist and humorist who spent decades ruffling feathers and drawing laughter with his witty opinion columns, poems, and definitions. Toward the end of his career, he decided to compile these satirical definitions into a book,...

A general elementary encyclopedia with brief illustrated articles covering an alphabetical array of topics.

Offers an illustrated dictionary that includes pronunciations, definitions, parts of speech, sample sentences, etymologies, synonyms, and cross-references.

Lists of synonyms, antonyms, sample sentences, parts of speech, definitions, and derivations accompany each alphabetically arranged entry word.

A comprehensive reference work for 4-8 year olds.