The 2006 update of this award-winning dictionary for young readers encourages language exploration with accessible definitions and thought-provoking feature notes. Entry words are illustrated throughout with clear, colorful artwork.

* More than 13,000 main entries, fully updated for 2006

* Thousands of sample sentences showing typical usage

* Hundreds of Word History, Language Detective, Vocabulary Builder, Synonym, and Spelling notes

* More than 1,000 full-color photographs and drawings

* Separate thesaurus, phonics and spelling, parts of speech, and geography sections in an appendix