The New First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Your Child Needs to Know

This is an abbreviated book for the younger reader, but I like the original publication better. There seems to be a lot of opinionated writing in this one, while the original one has FACTS. This is a good book to use to write beginning essays. If you like wandering around the pages to discover new things, this is your book. Google doesn't wander---you have to KNOW what you are looking for.

Great coffee table book. Enjoyed by kids and adults. Fun conversation starter. Useful knowledge on everything. You could probably make up some sort of fun family trivia game to play with this thing. And if, for some weird reason, you want to keep your husband in the bathroom even longer than usual, put this in there.

Great for my Kindergarteners!

My parent's gave me a copy of this book when I was 12 and at the time I just thought it was a lame book... then I actually started reading it. It helped me out so much in high school and college these bits of knowledge in every catagory you could think of. History, art, lit, math, science, even religion and world views. It's kinda like a cliff notes of all the important things you should know to be a well rounded adult.Plus it readies your mind to be able to win any type of trivia game your friends want to throw at you. My friends all think I know EVERYTHING and really its just cause I read this book when I was younger (and still occasionally again to this day). I bought this book as a gift for my 12 year old niece. I hope she likes it. I also wished I had notice this version is a paperback as a hardback one would've lasted better.

I bough this to use with my child who is in grade school. It has a little bit about everything in the book and is broken down into different topics. It made our look-up of Athena a cinch. I would say a must have for elementary education.

This is a great history resource!

This dictionary is awesome and in great shape; however we now realize that this is not the exact book our child's teacher required. How can I return it. It has not been used

Really great resource. Purchased for my child but I find myself engrossed in it every time I pick it up. Thank you.

Xmas present for a young grandaughter who is just about to go into High School. She was delighted

英語圏のこどもが、耳学問やら、書物、テレビで日常、普通に吸収しているべき、素材、一般常識を、単語で紹介、そしてその簡単な解説を網羅した、読み物です。写真付きなので、入りやすいです。が、当然、知っているはず・・といわれても、たとえ、これが仮に「日本人なら当然知っているべき日本の歴史と現代社会経済の常識」なる日本語の書籍であったにせよ、それらがすべて頭に入っている自信など、まったくない、日本人のわたしですから、英語圏のこの書物など・・・え？？これってこども向け？？と、のけぞってしまうわけです。でも、一家に一冊、書棚にあって、ときどき眺めて、単語だけでも、あ～～そ～～か～～と、辞書を引く。この意義はあると考えます。英語圏の普通にきちんと勉強しているこどものレベルなら、小学高学年から中学校、中学年。までのレベルだと思います。勉強熱心な家庭なら、幼稚園年長ぐらいから、教えているレベルかもしれないし、さほど勉強する環境にない家族なら大人でも、知らない内容かもしれない。

ＵＳＡの児童図書。英語の読める成人なら成人向けの類似書を購入することを進める。