Description
From child education expert E. D. Hirsch Jr., the national best-selling author of How to Educate a Citizen, The New First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy gathers together all of the essential facts that youngsters should have at their fingertips for school success.
The perfect one-stop homework helper and family reference for children cuts through the wealth of information available to highlight terms that a child should be familiar with from the beginning of the first grade through the end of the sixth.
With nearly 3,000 concise definitions, this popular sourcebook makes it easy for children to become literate in mythology, literature, US history, science and technology, and more.
Author: E. D. Hirsch
Publisher: Collins Reference
Published: 10/01/2004
Pages: 306
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.22h x 7.64w x 0.65d
ISBN13: 9780618408535
ISBN10: 0618408533
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Reference | Dictionaries
The perfect one-stop homework helper and family reference for children cuts through the wealth of information available to highlight terms that a child should be familiar with from the beginning of the first grade through the end of the sixth.
With nearly 3,000 concise definitions, this popular sourcebook makes it easy for children to become literate in mythology, literature, US history, science and technology, and more.
Author: E. D. Hirsch
Publisher: Collins Reference
Published: 10/01/2004
Pages: 306
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.22h x 7.64w x 0.65d
ISBN13: 9780618408535
ISBN10: 0618408533
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Reference | Dictionaries