This dictionary is an important tool that can be used by second language students to develop their vocabulary and improve writing, speaking, and grammar skills.

The Dorling Kindersley Children's Illustrated Dictionary is specifically aimed at children of seven years and up, an age when children are becoming increasingly independent readers and writers and when a dictionary can be a valuable companion.


Words and Pictures كلمات وصور
Unlike many other dictionaries, the Children's Illustrated Dictionary is not just about words — it also contains pictures. Children today are used to information being presented in a visual form through television, videos, and computers, and are skilled readers of images. As a result, they require books to be increasingly visually sophisticated.
The colorful photographs and illustrations in this dictionary are fresh, exciting, and highly relevant to children's interests and concerns. These images will help to draw young readers into the book, and also work with the text to give clear and concise definitions.

Vital Skills for Readers and Writers مهارات أساسية لمن يقرأ ويكتب
Using a dictionary can teach children many useful skills. One of the most important is the ability to locate information that is organized in alphabetical order. Once acquired, this skill will enable them to use many other reference books, from telephone directories to encyclopedias, which are organized along the same principle. The clear design and layout of this dictionary makes it easy for children to learn how to look things up.
The Children's Illustrated Dictionary can also help to broaden vocabulary and improve spelling. Young readers and writers can find out for themselves what an unfamiliar word means, or check any spellings about which they are unsure.
In addition, this book will help children develop their awareness of words and the relationships between them. An introductory section explains the concept of parts of speech, such as nouns and verbs, which are also listed under each entry in the dictionary, while the end section looks at word beginnings and endings, spelling patterns, and common abbreviations.

A Dictionary with a Difference قاموس متميز
Unique features of this dictionary are the 26 full-page entries, where words and pictures are grouped by theme. Browsing through these word collections on subjects as diverse as costume and time, children will enjoy recognizing known words and concepts, and discovering new vocabulary and information. These pages offer many opportunities for discussion and provide the basis for further exploration of a wide range of topics and themes.

A Lasting Work of Reference مرجع دائم
The Children's Illustrated Dictionary combines a core of common vocabulary with words that have a high interest level for children of this age group. It provides them with both a rich source of information about the world and an important resource for developing their reading and writing skills.

York: First Picture English-Arabic Dictionary is a colorful introduction to the world of words and their meanings for young children. This book is packed with photographs and lively artwork scenes and designed to encourage children to practice using a dictionary, and to learn more about the language they use everyday. Each of the 1,000 headwords in this book has been carefully selected from words commonly used by young children. Every headword is clearly defined in simple language and further explained with a full color photograph or artwork. York dictionary has been tested in schools and adapted to suit the needs of young children. It’s a BIG BOOK of first words that children learn in English and Arabic makes it easy for parents. Rather than dictionary-style, alphabetic listings, words are sorted into categories that include the following:

1. Home
2. Food
3. Weather
4. Animals
5. Oceans
6. Noises
7. Shopping
8. Counting
9. Colors and more!

My Friend, the Dictionary: It is designed to introduce our young children to the world that surrounds them, so they discover people’s names, animals and things. It is part of a series of dictionaries with images, which is directed to children at the elementary school level.
The book “My Friend, the Dictionary” comes in both Arabic and English to aid the children in learning “the art of writing” for Arabic words and their English equivalents, and it is organize according to the Arabic alphabetical order. Its authors started by putting down the words and then they moved on to creating short sentences that are embellished with colored drawings and pictures, which simplifies the meanings in the student’s mind. Through reading and learning them, the student can discover the meanings of the words, colors and things that surround their small world. In order to cement the word in their minds, they write these words several times in both languages and this is why it is called “My Friend, the Dictionary” and it ends with practice exercises.
This dictionary includes several benefits:

• An educational benefit through the new expressions that the child gains, and as such, their culture and mind become richer.
• An artistic benefit through the brilliant colored images, which is crowded with movement in the form it was drawn and executed. As such, it elevates the child’s artistic taste.
• A pedagogical benefit through the educational method that distinguishes the dictionary in terms of taking the idea to their mind.

Sharp, brightly hued photos that effectively leap off the page combine with detailed drawings to make this large-format, paper-over-board volume a visual treat for youngsters. This enticing picture dictionary defines and illustrates 1,000 words commonly used by young children. Preschoolers can keep busy identifying the two dozen or so objects, concepts and actions illustrated on each spread. Older readers can tackle the concise definitions accompanying each bold-faced word and picture. Root emphasizes familiar and more exotic animals, as well as activities, playthings and locations (supermarket, school, park) that are pivotal to a child's world. She does an admirable job using words and pictures to present tough-to-describe adjectives (double, expensive). The author also includes entries and photos representing numerous cultures, and writes her definitions from a child's perspective without being at all condescending ("A man is a grown-up boy"). A welcome addition to this well-balanced reference is a concluding section devoted to "dictionary games" that challenge memory, spelling and deduction skills. Ages 4-up.

Volume 1 includes:
• Family
• Body
• Things We Wear
• Rooms
• In the House
• Food and Drink
• Animals
• Birds
• Insects
• Building and Other Places
• Toys
• Colors
• Circus