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

by Chris Kensler

This volume uses games and humor to teach students the skills necessary to effectively use essential reference tools. Featuring an engaging storyline about a hapless adventurer, this book engages... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074323524X
• ISBN13: 9780743235242
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Kaplan
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 12 years and under
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 7

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!