Webster's II Children's Dictionary is an excellent reference for ages 8 to 12. Its precise definitions are written in clear, easy-to-follow language. Thousands of example sentences and more than 1,200 lively drawings bring words to life on every page. Synonym paragraphs and hundreds of fascinating word history notes provide further opportunities for learning. In addition, Webster's II Children's Dictionary has a fully illustrated, twenty-five-page reference appendix that includes measurement and metric conversion tables, timelines of U.S. and world history, geographic lists, world maps, and much more.