Secrets of the Giant Tomes Revealed: Adventures in Your Dictionary, Thesaurus, Atlas, and Almanac, Elementary School Edition

By Chris Kensler

Dictionaries, almanacs, thesauri, and atlases often seem overwhelming to young readers. But after you discover the secret of the giant tomes, you'll have a world of knowledge at your fingertips -- and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743235231
• ISBN13: 9780743235235
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.3" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Great Teaching Tool!

This book presents the "how-to's" of reasearch into a fun, adventure-filled activity for kids age 9-14. How many times have you heard, "If I don't know how to spell it, how can I look it up in the dictionary?" Take your middle school kids on a library research adventure, following the adventures of Tennessee Toledo, using the world almanac, world atlas, dictionary, and thesaurus. Your students will be inspired and challenged, as they uncover the clues and unravel the mystery. They won't even know they're learning!